Growth
Fast action essential for multi-billion dollar financial US rescue...
by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2008
Secretary Treasury Henry M Paulson Junior said the plan would address the “root cause” of the current... READ MORE
Auction activity down
by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2008
In Sydney just 48 per cent of properties up for auction went under the hammer compared to 63 per cent for the same... READ MORE
Rents to jump as property supply falls
by Staff Reporter • 19 Sep 2008
Tim Lawless, RP Data’s national research director, said Australia’s housing shortage was likely to... READ MORE
Mining sector health clouds ?decidedly bleaker? economic growth...
by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2008
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index, released yesterday, showed that the likely pace of economic activity... READ MORE
Barclays to acquire Lehman assets
by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2008
Under the deal, Barclays will acquire trading assets worth an estimated US$72 billion ($90 billion) and trading... READ MORE
Federal Reserve makes billion dollar rescue loan for AIG
by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2008
The central bank decided to make the loan after determining that a “disorderly failure” of the insurer... READ MORE
October rate cut unlikely
by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2008
Fariborz Moshirian, professor of finance at UNSW’s Australian School of Business, told Mortgage Business that... READ MORE
No change to US cash rate
by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2008
While the central bank noted that “strains in financial markets” had increased... READ MORE
American insurance giant on verge of collapse
by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2008
According to Bloomberg, the insurer is seeking a loan of at least $US75 billion ($A94 billion) through Goldman Sachs... READ MORE
UK economy tipped to recover in late 2009
by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2008
In its latest assessment of the UK economy, the CBI downgraded its growth forecasts for 2008 from 1.7 to 1.1 per... READ MORE
NZ Rate cuts spark jump in consumer confidence
by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2008
According to a Colmar Brunton poll for Television New Zealand, 50 per cent of respondents expect the economy to... READ MORE
Liquidation almost imminent for Lehman Brothers
by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2008
According to The Australian, Britain’s third largest bank Barclays,
pulled out of negotiations overnight due to... READ MORE
Inflation tipped to fall
by Staff Reporter • 12 Sep 2008
The median expected rate of inflation fell to 4.4 per cent in September, compared to 4.9 in August and 5.9 in... READ MORE
Strong employment figures throws doubt on October rate cut
by Staff Reporter • 11 Sep 2008
According to the ABS, the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 per cent last month, from 4.3 per cent in July – much... READ MORE
Talkback - SEPT 2008
by Staff Reporter • 11 Sep 2008
On non-bank lenders:
“In the short term while the securitisation market in Australia is all but frozen I see no... READ MORE

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