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Policy reflation likely for the US

In the third quarter of 2003, the negative gap between the Fed's funds rate and nominal GDP growth was likely the widest since the late 1970s thus leading to a greater stance of policy reflation in the US. Harvinder Kalirai, senior strategist at State ...

AXA says NAB-AMP entity a "threat, but also an opportunity"

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings chief executive Les Owen said today a National Australia Bank Ltd takeover of AMP Ltd would be considered a "threat but also an opportunity" for his financial services company. "A threat because simply a merged NAB-AMP would ...

Labor marks Anti-Poverty Week with new proposals

The Federal Opposition Labor party will mark Anti-Poverty Week with a commitment to convene a national summit on poverty and inequality and set targets for income, employment, health, education and community services as part of a whole government strategy ...

ICA Property Group launches third property fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Sydney developer ICA Property Group in conjunction with Macquarie Bank has announced the establishment of a third fund to raise a further $50 million for investment in non-residential property developments. It said the move follows the strong performance ...

Labour lashes out against government's 'phoney portability' of super

Labour's Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, says the so-called portability mark II regulations gazetted last week by the Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan are 'weak and wimpy'. "The size of the problem is well-known ...

ASIC releases FSR relief applications overview

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released an overview of its decisions regarding recent applications for relief from licensing, conduct and disclosure provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, as amended by the Financial ...

Government scores superannuation hat trick: Coonan

The Government has secured another win for superannuation reform after negotiating another agreement with the Australian Democrats to support new portability regulations to facilitate the consolidation of superannuation from inactive accounts. "The ...

Debtor finances industry hits $20 billion

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Australia's debtor finance industry turned over more than $20 billion last financial year in a milestone result, new statistics have shown. The latest figures from the Institute for Factors and Discounters found total turnover for the industry increased ...

Stronger job ads suggest growing momentum of the economy

The latest ANZ job advertisements suggest that the Australian economy is regaining momentum, with both newspaper and internet jobs on the rise. The 3 per cent rise in metropolitan newspaper job advertisements to 21,709 per week was the strongest increase ...

Inflation at low end of RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
Inflation in Australia remained well under control in September and will cause the nation's central bankers no headaches when they meet this week to discuss interest rates. Prices of consumer goods and services in Australia rose by an average of 0.2 ...