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Weaker property market and low inflation may guide RBA decision in December

... predicted the current account deficit to widen by $10.5 billion to six per cent of GDP by December due to ongoing weakness in exports and strong imports and said that net income deficit was a wild card. Mr Koukoulas has predicted company profits to rise ...

RBA gov says could be generational conflict over tax burden

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
... prices are doing better than import prices and our terms of trade had risen over the past 15 years. Most of Australia's exports would continue to be resource-based in a decade's time, he said. But this would not be the disadvantage it once was. Mr Macfarlane ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... from lower prices of finished goods that are imported from overseas (such as computers, cars, aircraft) whilst primary exports from Australia are raw materials. "A 5.5% interest rate will be realistic, at least until the rest of the world catches up," ...

RBA likely to keep interest rates on hold till early 2004: ICAP

... the September quarter, and said that there were no direct implications to the Australia except that it bodes well for exports. Mr Thomas did say that the strength of the US market is reflective of the global recovery. "The building approvals data will ...

Manufacturing boosted by domestic demand

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... indicative of the caution surrounding the US economy, where continued improvement is critical to the recovery in Australian exports."

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... economy with higher interest rates, having made no changes for the past 17 months. But now the economy is picking up pace, exports are showing signs of life and conditions worldwide are beginning to turn, although the higher Aussie dollar does act as ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... today. The trade gap with the rest of the world widened in September as a rebound in imports outpaced a recovery in farm exports. Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed the trade deficit increased to $2.28 billion last month, from a revised $1.97 ...

Trade gap widens in September

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
Australia's trade gap widened in September as a rebound in imports outpaced a recovery in exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit increased to $2.28 billion in September, from a revised $1.97 billion shortfall in August ...

Business conditions strengthen significantly: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... Japan. NAB forecast a slowing of domestic demand would be offset by a neutral to slightly positive contribution from net exports. Domestic farm GDP was likely to be up 20 per cent over the next 12 months - adding around 0.75 per cent to GDP. Private ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Banking sector strong after interest rate decision

... share prices closed down 2.57 percent today in active trade amid fresh investor concerns about the negative impact on exports of the yen's rise against the dollar, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index lost 278.13 points to close ...