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Borrowers can breathe easy - for a few months, anyway

Tue 18/05/10 - 09:41:54 vs6
After six rises in official interest rates since October, minutes from this month's Reserve board meeting show mortgage rates were back to their long-term average. ''Members felt that this would leave monetary policy well placed for the present," say the minutes, published yesterday. At the
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RBA hints at rate rise pause

Tue 18/05/10 - 09:39:55 vs6
BORROWERS can expect a reprieve from more interest rate rises in the next few months, analysts say, after the strongest signal yet from the Reserve Bank that lending rates are on hold. After six rises in official interest rates since October, the minutes of this month's RBA board
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Sales expectations highest in 5 years

Mon 08/03/10 - 09:33:52 vs6
A Dun & Bradstreet survey of business expectations found sales expectations had risen by five points, to 33 index points the highest level in six years. Profit expectations increased by eight index points to 18 for the June quarter, the highest level in five years. The June
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Sales expectations highest in 5 years

Mon 08/03/10 - 09:33:20 vs6
AAP Expectations for sales and profits for the June quarter are at their highest level for at least five years, which indicates the worst of the global financial crisis has long passed, a new survey finds. A Dun & Bradstreet survey of business expectations found sales expectations had
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Investment expectations on the rise

Mon 08/02/10 - 10:52:43 vs6
Capital investment expectations for the June quarter have risen to the highest level in seven years and employment expectations are back in the black, a business survey shows. Twelve per cent of firms surveyed expect to increase capital investment, while just two per cent are planning to
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Brownes Dairy Takeover Negotiations Continue

Thu 04/02/10 - 07:11:34 vs6
The future of iconic WA dairy business Brownes remains up in the air, after a former local owner walked away from negotiations to buy it because the asking price was too high. As the dairy industry awaits the outcome of a strategic review into Brownes, Graham Laitt confirmed to
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WA icon"s future uncertain

Thu 04/02/10 - 06:11:59 vs6
The future of iconic WA dairy business Brownes remains up in the air, after a former local owner walked away from negotiations to buy it because the asking price was too high. As the dairy industry awaits the outcome of a strategic review into Brownes, Graham Laitt confirmed to
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Brazil and Mexico: Latin America Bond and Currency Preview

Wed 03/02/10 - 10:16:21 vs6
By Andrea Jaramillo Brazil: The central bank may raise interest rates if the country has an inflation “problem,” Finance Minister Guido Mantega said in Sao Paulo yesterday. “If there’s a problem with inflation, the central bank will raise rates,” Mantega said a
t an event
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Carstens Says Mexico Price Expectations Are Anchored (Update1)

Tue 02/02/10 - 06:31:57 vs6
By Emma Ross-Thomas Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said the impact of tax hikes on inflation would be temporary and long-term price expectations are “anchored.” “Inflation expectations in the long-term are anchored,” he said, eve
n as the
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Japan Consumer Confidence Slumps to a Six-Month Low (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tue 19/01/10 - 01:32:58 vs6
The confidence index dropped to 37.6 last month from 39.5 in November, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. The government lowered its assessment of the report, describing sentiment as “weak.” Finance Minister Naoto Kan today urged lawmakers to pass a proposed 7.4 trillion yen
($82
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Dun & Bradstreet | Businesses planning to restock on high sales expectations

Tue 05/01/10 - 03:11:03 vs6
Australian businesses are planning to restock inventories as confidence in the economic turnaround continues into 2010, a survey shows. Sales expectations for the March quarter have reached the highest level in six years, a Dun & Bradstreet business expectations outlook for the March...
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Businesses planning to restock: survey

Mon 04/01/10 - 10:11:16 vs6
AAP Australian businesses are planning to restock inventories as confidence in the economic turnaround continues into 2010, a survey shows. Sales expectations for the March quarter have reached the highest level in six years, a Dun & Bradstreet business expectations outlook for the...
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Freeport Wins Cut in Japan Copper Fees; China Talks Awaited - Bloomberg.com

Wed 23/12/09 - 11:50:42 vs6
The company will pay $46.50 a metric ton and 4.65 cents a pound in so-called treatment and refining charges, the two people said yesterday, declining to be identified as the agreements aren’t public. Bill Collier , a spokesman for Phoenix- based Freeport, declined to comment in an.
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Indonesia Keeps Key Rate Unchanged to Boost Economy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Thu 03/12/09 - 05:10:21 vs6
Bank Indonesia maintained its reference rate at 6.5 percent, the lowest level since its introduction in May 2005, according to a statement in Jakarta today. All 27 economists in a Bloomberg News survey predicted the decision. Indonesia’s inflation unexpectedly slowed to a decade low of 2.41.
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Indonesia Keeps Key Rate Unchanged to Boost Economy (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

Thu 03/12/09 - 01:30:50 vs6
Bank Indonesia maintained its reference rate at 6.5 percent, the lowest level since its introduction in May 2005, according to a statement in Jakarta today. All 27 economists in a Bloomberg News survey predicted the decision. Indonesia’s inflation unexpectedly slowed to a decade low of.
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Indonesia Keeps Rate Unchanged for Fourth Month to Spur Growth - Bloomberg.com

Thu 03/12/09 - 01:10:40 vs6
Bank Indonesia maintained its reference rate at 6.5 percent, the lowest level since its introduction in May 2005, according to a statement in Jakarta today. All 27 economists in a Bloomberg News survey predicted the decision. Indonesia’s inflation unexpectedly slowed to a decade low of.
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Indonesia May Keep Benchmark Interest Rate Unchanged (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

Thu 03/12/09 - 10:50:24 vs6
Bank Indonesia will maintain its reference rate at 6.5 percent, the lowest level since its introduction in May 2005, according to all 27 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. The decision is due after noon in Jakarta today. Indonesia’s inflation unexpectedly slowed to a decade low of.
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Indonesia Central Bank May Keep Rate Unchanged for Fourth Month - Bloomberg.com

Thu 03/12/09 - 04:31:02 vs6
Bank Indonesia will maintain its reference rate at 6.5 percent, the lowest level since its introduction in May 2005, according to all 27 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. The decision is due after noon in Jakarta today. Indonesia’s inflation unexpectedly slowed to a decade low of 2.41.
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German Consumer Confidence Falls for First Time in 14 Months

Mon 26/10/09 - 03:49:08 vs6
By Cornelius Rahn GfK AG’s sentiment index for November, based on a survey of about 2,000 people, fell to 4 from a revised 4.2 in October, the Nuremberg-based market-research company said in a statement today. That’s the first decline since September 2008. Economists had forecast an
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European June Consumer Prices Record First Annual Decline

Tue 30/06/09 - 04:33:47 CFDglobal
-- European consumer prices recorded their first annual decline this month as energy costs fell and the economic slump pushed up unemployment and curbed demand.
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