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CommSec: Record quarterly fall in home prices

From Savanth Sebastian - CommSec

House Prices; Private Sector Credit Capital city home prices fell by 0.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in March after a downwardly revised 0.5 per cent slide in February, according

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29 Apr 2011

State of the States: economic performance report

From Craig James - Commsec

How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment, construction work done; population growth; housing

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18 Apr 2011

Limited long-term impact on global markets from earthquake

From Talaria Capital

While the recent events in Japan will have a short-term impact on the global economy, history suggests that in the long term, markets will not be majorly affected, according to

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18 Apr 2011

Threadneedle Investment Strategy Update April 2011

From Threadneedle Asset Management

Risk assets have absorbed an awful lot of bad news over the past month and their resilience can be ascribed partly to the attractive valuations that have long underpinned our

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18 Apr 2011

Lending at 5-year low; Petrol at 30-month high

From Savanth Sebastian - CommSec

Lending finance Lending slumped in February. Total lending finance fell by 5.7 per cent in February after sliding by 6.1 per cent in January. Lending totalled $49.3 billion in February –

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11 Apr 2011

Snippet – To the edge and back again

From Aegon Asset Management

The Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917 placed a limit on the amount of public debt that the US Government can have outstanding. This Statutory Debt Limit, or debt ceiling,

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08 Apr 2011

Jobs up, but slowdown clear over time

From Craig James - Commsec

Labour force Employment rebounded in March, lifting by 37,800 people. Economists had tipped job gains of 20,000 (range from +5,000 to +30,000 jobs). The February result was revised to show job

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07 Apr 2011

Building approvals slump; QLD retailers benefit from rebuilding

From Savanth Sebastian - CommSec

Building Approvals; Retail trade; Private Sector Credit Council approvals to build news homes fell by 7.4 per cent in February after sliding by a revised 11.6 per cent in the

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01 Apr 2011

Mining drives Aussie sharemarket

From Craig James - Commsec

Financial market trends The mining sector is now the primary driving force behind the Australian sharemarket. In terms of volumes of shares traded in March, mining volumes were double that

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01 Apr 2011

Manufacturing contraction… again

From Savanth Sebastian - CommSec

Performance of Manufacturing The Performance of Manufacturing index fell from 51.1 to 47.9 in March – marking the sixth contraction in the sector in the space of seven months Key

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