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| UpdatedIt has been years since Australian gold miners have had the odds in their favour, but their fortunes are starting to change, driven by a rising US gold price.
Topics: gold, economic-trends, kalgoorlie-6430, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe US Federal Reserve gives its clearest signal yet that interest rates will rise this year, but shares and the Australian dollar jump as its chair indicates that the central bank is in no hurry.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, currency, stockmarket, united-states
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| UpdatedA leading banking analyst says his large scale survey shows around 9 per cent of property buyers are foreign.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedNew home prices in China fall at the fastest pace on record in February, according to official statistics.
Topics: economic-trends, housing-industry, china
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| UpdatedFormer Reagan economics adviser Arthur Laffer slams Obama and Bush for pandering to the rich, while calling for a broad-based flat tax to end avoidance.
Topics: economic-trends, tax, united-states, australia
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The Reserve Bank indicates that it did not cut rates in March to give it "some time" to assess the effects of February's rate cut.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, australia
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Australian Government debt has never been cheaper, with states also benefitting from cheap borrowing.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, budget, federal-government, states-and-territories, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe likely removal of "patient" from the Fed's next communique is likely to keep pressure on the Aussie dollar.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, currency, stockmarket, united-states, australia
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A massive rise in commercial finance drives a rise in lending during January, as housing eases.
Topics: banking, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedUnemployment edges lower to 6.3 per cent, as 15,600 jobs are added and the proportion of people in or looking for work falls.
Topics: economic-trends, unemployment, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian dollar may have fallen below 76 US cents, but the RBA and other economists believe it should slide further.
Topics: currency, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedThe ABA's own definition of a residential property bubble surely indicates that Australia currently has one. There's no getting around the fact that our real estate is abnormally expensive.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, economic-trends
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Consumer confidence falls back into negative territory after a brief rise into the black last month.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, retail, australia
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China's annual consumer inflation rebounds from a five-year low in January by rising to 1.4 per cent.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, china
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| UpdatedBusiness confidence falls in February, with conditions unchanged, despite the Reserve Bank's rate cut.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Topics: community-development, mining-rural, economic-trends, monto-4630
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| UpdatedA number of leading economists say Joe Hockey's first budget missed the mark, making the second one even tougher.
Topics: budget, federal-government, tax, economic-trends, australia
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A widely-watched private survey shows job ads rising for the ninth straight month, but probably not by enough to stop unemployment edging up.
Topics: economic-trends, unemployment, australia
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| UpdatedProtecting the Great Barrier Reef over coming decades will be a "significant challenge", the 2015 Intergenerational Report finds.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, budget, tax, work, community-and-society, economic-trends, australia, cairns-4870, qld, airlie-beach-4802, townsville-4810, gladstone-4680, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedJoe Hockey says the latest Intergenerational report shows "our best years are ahead" and now he wants to have a conversation with Australia about what the future will look like.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, community-and-society, population-and-demographics, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedOfficial figures show Australia's retail sector had a healthy start to 2015, with sales growing in January.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, retail, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedA Federal Government glimpse into the future shows a growing and ageing population of 40 million Australians, facing ballooning budget deficits and increased pressure on health services, aged care and the environment.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, budget, tax, work, community-and-society, aged-care, health-policy, older-people, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedThe Chinese premier Li Keqiang says government will focus on a solid economic growth target over the next 12 months as he delivers his national report.
Topics: economic-trends, government-and-politics, china, asia
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| UpdatedOfficial figures confirm the economy slowed in the final three months of last year, with below trend annual GDP growth of 2.5 per cent.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, mining-industry, australia
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| UpdatedEconomic growth figures to be released this morning are expected to highlight the significant impact of the mining sector slowdown.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, australia