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Economy expected to grow near trend
November 15th, 2011
THE outlook for economic growth appears good, even though a measure of current economic activity is well below long term trends, a survey shows. More...
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Rba shows way
November 1st, 2011
SMALL businesses, consumers, prospective homebuyers and mortgage-holders will all cheer the decision of the Reserve Bank board to ease the official cash rate by 0.25 percentage points, coming as it has in the lead-up to Christmas and the traditional summe More...
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Dollar is high on back of economic forecasts
October 18th, 2011
THE Australian dollar was stronger today after a British newspaper reported that France and Germany were ready to sharply boost the eurozone's rescue fund in a bid to address the public debt crisis. More...
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Australian sharemarket preview
October 6th, 2011
THE Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street again rose more than one per cent. More...
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Australian dollar recovers from dip below parity
August 8th, 2011
AFTER falling below parity for the first time since March, the Australian dollar recovered over two US cents in afternoon trade to push back above one US dollar More...
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Australian sharemarket slips 3.7 per cent on global stocks carnage
August 8th, 2011
AUSTRALIAN stocks plunged 3.7 percent in early trade today following sharemarket carnage in the United States and Europe overnight. More...
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Gold price races past $us1700 an ounce
August 7th, 2011
The price of gold has surged passed $US1700 on the back of the US downgrade More...
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Rates on hold again at 4.75pc
August 1st, 2011
THE Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the official interest rate on hold, citing the "acute sense of uncertainty in global financial markets in recent weeks" for its decision. More...
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Court ruling boosts union power in pilbara
July 25th, 2011
A LANDMARK victory in the Federal Court looks set to give unions more power to bargain on behalf of workers at Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton iron ore operations in the Pilbara. More...
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Internet job advertising for skilled workers flat in june
July 19th, 2011
GROWTH in internet advertisements for skilled workers was flat in June from a month earlier, national data shows. More...