Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 08:54
Investors face a raft of potentially market-moving domestic and offshore economic indicators this week.
Second-quarter GDP is due on Wednesday. The consensus market forecast is 0.9 percent in a range...
Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 21:24
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 18:17
In early July, key participants in Australia’s syndicated loans market gathered for a roundtable in the Sydney offices of law firm Blake Dawson. Here is an edited transcript of the discussion,...
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 17:41
In June 2010 Mallesons Stephen Jaques hosted a roundtable on opportunities for the Australian funds management industry in Asia. Here is an edited transcript of the discussion.
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 23:23
The Reserve Bank of Australia publishes the minutes of its August 3 meeting tomorrow, and later in the day Governor Glenn Stevens speaks in Perth.
Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 21:19
June trade surplus hits a record A$3.54 billion, car sales strong, retail ho hum
Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 22:26
Australian lawfirms have rebounded to take the top four spots on local M&A tables after being pushed out by international firms last year, according to research group mergermarket. For the first...
Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 21:42
Economists said the Reserve Bank was most unlikely to raise its cash rate target tomorrow after the week’s soft 3.1 percent year-on-year consumer inflation reading. The...
Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 19:46
Last week's major economic indicator was the trade price indices published on Friday. Export prices rose a record 16.1 percent in second quarter after rising only 3.8 percent in the first. The...
Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 22:02
Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 19:10
Retail sales rose a modest 0.2 percent and building approvals fell 6.6 percent in May, the ABS said. Economists said the RBA’s six interest rises were to blame. The seasonally-adjusted...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 23:22
After a data drought, some significant indicators are due this week. May private credit is due Wednesday. The median market expectation is for a 0.4 percent increase, in a range of 0.1...
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 14:09
The week was as much about perceptions as reality. Business sentiment fell on the proposed RSPT, but conditions in mining were strong. Consumer sentiment fell, but the week’s data showed strong...
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 14:16
Fitch ratings’ Robert Zivic looks at the outlook for Australian Infrastructure and Project Finance.
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 12:33
GDP grows 0.5 percent in first quarter
Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 10:50
The week’s economic data were second-tier: Construction activity increased in Q1, but the rise of 1.9 percent fell short of the median market expectation of 4 percent. Even so,...
Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 21:20
"Never waste a good crisis" is advice usually attributed to Machiavelli, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble appear to have adopted it as a...
Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 22:06
The Commonwealth plans to sell $56 billion of government bonds in the fiscal year beginning July 1, up from $54 billion in 2009-10. The increase is less than had been anticipated due to the budget...
Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 21:55
The Australian dollar is 20 percent overvalued says Andrew Cooke, Goldman Sachs JB Were chief investment officer, and investors should take full advantage of it to buy internationally.
Cooke told a...
Sunday, May 9, 2010 - 21:36
Economists are anticipating more interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank of Australia following last weeks 25 basis point rise – the sixth since October – took the official cash rate to...
