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Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australians are continuing to borrow heavily for homes and run up debts on their credit cards with new figures out on Friday putting pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow, a month after deciding against ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar has lost more ground against the United States dollar, which has continued to surge on ramped up market expectations for a US interest rate rise. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at US$0.7608/13 compared with yesterday's ...

Homeowners, government brace for rate rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
Homeowners and the federal government are bracing for a disappointing Christmas present today when the Reserve Bank makes its last announcement for the year on interest rates. The bank is expected to increase interest rates by a quarter of a percentage ...

Business investment likely to keep rising: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Business investment was likely to keep rising in 2003/04, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said capital expenditure rose 4.1 per cent in the September quarter to $13.9 billion, with spending on building and structures ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar sinks below US0.7200

The Australian dollar opened weaker today, dropping below the $US0.7200 level following a US dollar rally across the board. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7179/84 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7231/36. The local unit reached ...

Australian business increasingly bullish on 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
Australian businesses remain bullish about 2004 with capital investment intentions on the rise, a survey has found. The October Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) survey shows the business outlook is much stronger than it was at the same time in 2002. D&B Australia ...

Macquarie inaugurates pioneer German traffic project

The Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) has today advised that the Warnow Tunnel in Rostock, Germany, has been opened to traffic since Friday 12 September 2003. MIG owns 70 per cent of Warnowquerung GmbH &Co, the entity with the concession to develop ...

Macquarie CountryWide trust reports 22% rise in net income

Macquarie CountryWide Trust today reported a 22 per cent rise in net income in 2002/03 and confirmed broker forecasts for a distribution of 14 cents a unit in 2003/04. The food-based retail property investor delivered a net income for the 12 months ...

ASIC releases fee disclosure model to mixed support from industry groups

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released its much-awaited fee disclosure template, but which has gained only qualified support from major industry groups. Under the new model providers of investment products will be ...

Terrain Australia appoints Ted Johnson as interim CEO

Financial services group Terrain Australia (TER) has appointed Ted Johnson as its interim chief executive officer. Johnson was previously the managing director of BankSA for four years and has also held several senior positions with the ANZ Bank for ...