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The National Australia Bank's (NAB) latest monthly business survey shows improvement in domestic business conditions and confidence. The NAB business conditions index increased to 10 points in February from eight in the previous month while the index ...

Daily economic update

A stronger than expected increase in employment provided some good news to the Australian economy which had been fluxed with disappointing activity data over the past few weeks. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the economy added ...

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As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate untouched at 5.5 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. The decision marked the 12th straight month of steady interest rates since March 2005 when it lifted its key ...

Daily economic update

The Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on domestic monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the RBA to keep the cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent when it announces its decision tomorrow. In overseas news ...

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The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate overnight to 2.5 per cent from 2.25 per cent. The latest move marks the second rate hike in three months. At a press conference following its decision, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet ...

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Australian building approvals disappointed market expectations for a 1.5 per cent rise in January and instead posted a 1.9 per cent decline. The recent figure, coming on top of a 3.5 per cent drop in the previous month, reflects the continued pessimism ...

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Latest National Accounts figures show that the Australian economy grew by a lower-than-expected 0.5 per cent in the December quarter - boosting expectations of continued steady interest rates in the near term. This followed an upwardly revised 0.3 per ...

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Australia's balance of payments continued to deteriorate in the December quarter with the deficit on the current account widening by 5.7 per cent to A$14.5 billion (6.1 per cent of GDP) from a revised A$13.7 billion shortfall in the September quarter. ...

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Australian house prices rose by 2.1 per cent in the December quarter to stand 2.3 per cent above their level in the same period in 2004. This compares favourably with unchanged prices in the September quarter and market expectations for a 0.8 per cent ...

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Business investment continues to drive the Australian economy forward. This is established by today's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showing that real capital spending increased by a much larger-than-expected 9.2 per cent in the December ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:28PM

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:37PM

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI | 10:54AM

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA | 11:52AM

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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