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ICAP economists say interest rate hike is unwarranted

... needs either house prices and debt to continue to rise from their heady height and/or a very large contribution from net exports.

Worst over for the economy: TD Securities

... government demand rose 0.9%. Dwelling investment had risen 2.6% at the same time that business investment rose 2.1%. Net exports continued to act as a drag on economic growth, cutting 0.5% from GDP in the September quarter. Mr Koukoulas indicated the ...

Costello says inflationary pressure in check

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... maintain solid growth over the period ahead, with trading partners recovering and the drought breaking, despite the drag on exports from the higher Aussie dollar. "The Australian economy is well position to maintain solid growth over the period ahead ...

Business expectations deteriorating: ACCI/Westpac

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... although employment softened. But forward projections of orders plunged and the higher Aussie dollar was expected to cut exports back, while cost pressures rose and profit expectations for the next 12 months halved. The Reserve Bank is widely expected ...

NAB predicts a 25bps increase in interest rates by the RBA

... indicated that the balance of payments is showing a current account deficit of $11.9 billion in the third quarter. Net exports look set to subtract 0.5% from the third quarter GDP growth whilst the business indicators release showed a larger than expected ...

Current account deficit improves in September quarter after some exports recover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the September quarter after a recovery in some rural exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the deficit narrowed to $11.94 billion from a record $12.31 billion in the previous ...

Economists expect 1.3 per cent GDP growth in September quarter

... have turned around significantly on the recovering global economy. "We're expecting a positive contribution from the net exports sector for the first time in two years, and we're expecting a big recovery in the farm sector of almost 30 per cent," NAB ...

RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... Australian economy had bounced back. "We think growth will be something like 5.0 per cent, annualised, in the third quarter, exports are bouncing back as the global economy improves, the farm sector now adding to growth," he said. "And also the labour ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

... had slowed sharply during the first-half of 2003, when brisk domestic demand growth was almost offset by a steep fall in exports. The OECD has said that with farm output likely to recover from the drought and adverse external influences receding, economic ...

Strong economic performance to boost Government spending: NAB

... payrolls growth. The NAB said that Japan's third quarter GDP numbers confirm that the country's economy is being led by exports both directly and through business investment responding to the increase in external demand. The government has taken the ...