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Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... the negotiations, Stephen Deady, said the deal was in Australia's best interests as it would tie the country to the US economy. The document, released simultaneously in Australia and the US, lists every aspect of the trade deal that the two countries ...

US and Australia sign free trade agreement

... United States' 13th largest export market, buys more goods from the United States than from any other country. The US economy has a $US9 billion ($A11.84 billion) trade surplus in two-way trade that totalled about $US28 billion ($A36.84 billion) in 2002. ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares up as investors defy RBA rate hike

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2003
... rise until February," Mr Klusman said. On Wall St, stocks initially surged to fresh year highs after data showed the US economy was strengthening, before retreating as investors took profits. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 19.78 points at ...

Midday Market Wrap: Banking sector boosts market

... see how the markets react," he said. On Wall St, stocks initially surged to fresh year highs after data showed the US economy was strengthening, before retreating as investors took profits. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 19.78 points or 0.2 ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon; bond market weaker before RBA meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... last Thursday's Thanksgiving public holiday, with the main driver being renewed confidence about the strength of the US economy, ahead of key economic data, analysts said.

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... Friday despite a report showing US businesses hired more than twice the number of workers expected in October. The US economy added 126,000 nonfarm jobs last month, marking the third straight monthly gain, while the unemployment rate slipped to 6.0 per ...

Manufacturing boosted by domestic demand

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... stance of the US Federal Reserve to maintain the cash rate at 40 year lows is 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
... "Primarily the Reserve Bank will want to prepare the community for higher rates but it will also want more certainty on the US economy, especially the labour market." The United States last week reported economic growth of 7.2 per cent for the year to ...

Latest US GDP growth could herald gains in equities in the short-run

... year (perhaps even a positive output gap). They also said that recent analysis reveals that the amount of slack in the US economy may not be as great as Fed officials believe. Further, as the amount of slack in the US economy diminishes, US monetary ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... the 20-year average since the currency was floated. "Hopefully we'll see an improvement in this last quarter of the US economy and that will certainly drag the global economy forward and certainly give us a much better opportunity to address some of ...