Aussie dollar basks in RBA's bright outlook
* Aussie boosted by a very bullish RBA outlook
* Climbs to three-month highs against NZ$
* Bond futures ease, rates to rise for long time to come
SYDNEY, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Australian...
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Friday November 6, 2009, 4:40 pm
Strong dollar to hit state's bottom line
The West Australian Government could lose as much as $1 billion in revenue this financial year if the value of the Australian dollar continues to rise.
When the government brought down the...
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Thursday November 5, 2009, 11:32 pm
Aussie dlr off highs, but yield appeal supports
* Aussie pulls back to track gold, stocks lower
* Markers awaiting speech by RBA chief at 0855 GMT
* Bond futures stay in the red
SYDNEY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar gave up
some...
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Thursday November 5, 2009, 5:04 pm
China, East Asian Growth Upgraded
This is good news for Australia: China will grow faster next year than many forecasters think, according to the World Bank, and this will drag up growth levels elsewhere in the Asian region. As...
Australasian Investment Review -
Thursday November 5, 2009, 8:11 am
Aussie dlr off lows after retail data disappointment
* Aussie recover from lows, helped by short covering
* Weak Sept. retail sales dims chance of Dec rate rise
* Bond futures ease, tracking losses in Treasuries
SYDNEY, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The...
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Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:33 pm
AIR Midday Market Roundup
The market is down 115. The SFE Future were down 118 this morning. Wall St. had a shocker on Friday closing down 250. It broke even at best and was down 278 at worst. It has its largest...
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Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:55 am
Rates Up, As Predicted
While the Reserve Bank followed form and lifted its key interest rate by 0.25% to 3.50% yesterday, there's a tip of another kind from the post meeting statement: watch the impact of the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 8:41 am
Interesting Wine Deal Could Happen
The wine industry's problems continue to produce moves to rationalise. Despite drought, there's still too much wine, too many producers and too many brands trying to capture smaller shares of a...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday November 3, 2009, 8:44 am
Aussie dollar off lows before cenbank rate meeting
* Aussie regains some lost ground on sovereign buying
* Chinese data also helps at the margins
* Awaits RBA rate decision, accompanying statement
SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar...
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Monday November 2, 2009, 5:19 pm
QBE cuts insurance revenue forecast
QBE Insurance Group Ltd has cut back its projected insurance revenue growth because its predominately overseas-based earnings have been adversely affected by the stronger Australian dollar.Gross...
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Monday November 2, 2009, 1:58 pm
AAco downgrades guidance, appoints CEO
Beef grazier Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AAco) has downgraded its guidance for the second half of the year due to the rising Australian dollar.AACo also announced on Monday it had appointed...
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Monday November 2, 2009, 9:21 am
October was A Down Month, Breaking The Rebound
Those fears now have a financial cost, as we saw in markets in Europe and the US on Friday. Asia was ahead, but Europe and the Americas then saw big falls. Europe's losses accelerated,...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 2, 2009, 8:35 am
Aussie dollar regains ground, extends rally vs kiwi
* Aussie regains ground above 91 U.S. cents
* Jumps on the yen, at a three-month high vs kiwi
* Looking ahead to likely rate rise next week
SYDNEY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar...
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Friday October 30, 2009, 5:03 pm
Rising dollar hurting Aussie tourism
Australian tourism is starting to suffer from the rising Australian dollar with new figures showing how sharply the cost of overseas holidays is falling.
The latest Consumer Price Index data has...
ABC Business News -
Friday October 30, 2009, 9:00 am
US Economic Growing, Confidence Falling
Despite the American third quarter growth figures, the real story of the current health of the American economy will be found in the statement at the end of next week's two-day Federal Reserve...
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Friday October 30, 2009, 8:23 am
