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Daily economic update

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

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 ...

Weekly economic round-up

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will decide to keep interest rates steady at 5.5 per cent after its Board meets to deliberate on monetary policy tomorrow. Last week's domestic data releases has ensured this outcome and increased the probability ...

Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 2.6 per cent to 83,728 units in January following a 0.8 per cent increase in December. High petrol prices continue to take their toll on sales of sports utility vehicles ...

Daily economic update

Today's lower than expected increase in Australian employment gives credence to yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank not to alter current monetary policy settings. The Australian labour market added a mere 1,800 jobs in January. Expectations were ...

Daily economic update

There was no surprise in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent. Financial markets were certain that the RBA Board's first meeting for 2006 would not produce any movement in credit rates ...

Daily economic update

Today's updates on Australian business conditions and retail activity reinforce current market thinking for steady domestic interest rates in the near term. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business conditions index fell to 11 in the fourth quarter ...

Weekly economic round-up

Despite worldwide speculation and anxiety leading up to US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan's retirement, financial markets were largely well-behaved when 'the maestro' turned over the helms of the US central bank to White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian retail sales increased by 0.4 per cent in December, more than offsetting the 0.1 per cent fall in the previous month but is lower than market expectations for a 0.5 per cent rise. Year-on-year, retail sales increased by 4 per cent - the fastest ...

Daily Economic Update

The National Australia Bank's (NAB) monthly business survey showed Australian business conditions continue to improve. The business conditions index rose to 14 in December from 11 in the previous month, supported by better trading conditions and profitability. ...