Economic Trends
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Trump's infrastructure plan may put Canberra under pressure Analysis
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Policymakers in Canberra may come under pressure if US President-elect Donald Trump succeeds in his infrastructure building spree and turbo charges the US economy, analysts say.
Topics: economic-trends, building-and-construction, money-and-monetary-policy, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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OPEC gets its cartel mojo back to stop its members going broke Analysis
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Given the fraught political nature of "Big Oil" and low expectations of an outcome, the agreement hammered out by OPEC is quite a nifty bit of diplomatic wrangling engineered by Saudi Arabia.
Topics: economic-trends, oil-and-gas, trade, agreements-and-treaties, business-economics-and-finance, saudi-arabia
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Australia at risk of negative GDP after business investment fall
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The Australian economy is at risk of stagnating, or even shrinking, in the September quarter after official figures show another steep fall in business investment.
Topics: economic-trends, mining-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Policy uncertainty damaging business confidence: AICD
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Growing uncertainty over the direction of the Federal Government is continuing to damage consumer and business confidence, according to a key survey of company directors.
Topics: economic-trends, small-business, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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House prices tick higher but unit values fall
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Capital city home prices continue to rise in November, but the increase is driven by detached houses with apartment values falling according to a key private index.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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Commodities get smashed on Chinese futures markets, trading suspended
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Trading in many key commodities on Chinese futures markets come to an abrupt and early end as crashing prices hit their downward movement limits for the day.
Topics: economic-trends, mining-industry, markets, business-economics-and-finance, china, australia
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ANZ boss says economy showing emerging signs of stress
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ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott says there are areas of concern across the economy and when it comes to property bubbles, "smallish" city apartments are a particular worry.
Topics: housing-industry, banking, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, australia
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Housing supply and demand in balance: Fitch
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Australia is not building an excessive number of new homes, at least compared to the boom markets of Ireland and Spain before their housing busts, Fitch Ratings finds in a new analysis.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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Australian economy faces 2017 challenge with mining bust a long way from over
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Some leading analysts are warning 2017 could be a tough year for Australia's economy as the housing boom peaks while the mining bust has a couple more years to run.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, mining-industry, australia
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Apartment approvals crash as building cycle rolls over
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Questions about the sustainability of Australia's housing boom rise again, with building approvals tumbling across all key markets.
Topics: economic-trends, housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Trump divides, Turnbull disappoints but investors cautiously optimistic finds survey
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Investor sentiment in Australia is cautiously optimistic, though President-elect Donald Trump's shock victory remains hugely divisive while investors also express disappointment with the Turnbull Government.
Topics: stockmarket, economic-trends, markets, federal-government, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Wall Street climbs on positive economic data, despite oil price slide
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Strong economic data out of the US boosts stocks, despite a fall in oil prices ahead of tonight's meeting of major oil producers to discuss supply cuts.
Topics: stockmarket, oil-and-gas, futures, currency, markets, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, united-states, united-kingdom, european-union, australia
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Shenal Baysnake says the NT economic survey was the first of its kind. Audio
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NT Farmers CEO Shenal Baysnake says while he was surprised with some of the figures in the survey, Territory farmers have always been quiet achievers.
Topics: agricultural-prices, economic-trends, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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Report reveals Darwin's agriculture worth $77 million more than Ord Valley
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An economic survey has found Darwin's agricultural zone is worth more than double the Ord Irrigation Scheme.
Topics: agricultural-prices, economic-trends, agricultural-crops, grain, fruit, agricultural-policy, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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Interest rate rises needed to cool hot housing market: OECD
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Australians should brace for official interest rate rises by the end of next year to cool the hot real estate market, according to the OECD.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Hanjin collapse is tip of iceberg in struggling shipping industry
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The global shipping industry is in dire straits with international rates low for five years, and for some vessels, the current day rates are covering less than 5 per cent of costs.
Topics: sea-transport, company-news, multinationals, economic-trends, australia, korea-republic-of
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Petrol prices fall in five largest cities, NSW forks out $85m more on ethanol mandate
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The competition regulator finds Australian petrol prices have fallen in Australia's five largest cities, but New South Wales' ethanol mandate forced motorists to fork out an extra $85 million in 2014-2015.
Topics: oil-and-gas, consumer-finance, economic-trends, australia
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Combining the certainties of life: Why death makes a perfect partner for tax Analysis
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Death and tax are the two certainties in life, so why not combine them? With Australia struggling to repair a growing budget deficit it might be time to resurrect the inheritances taxes killed by Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Topics: tax, budget, economic-trends, australia
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Former RBA board member backs negative gearing change to secure AAA
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Curtailing access to negative gearing on investment property could contribute to reducing Australia's budget deficit and securing the AAA credit rating, argues a former RBA board member.
Topics: budget, economic-trends, tax, housing-industry, australia
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Australia's economy set to shrink, warns Morgan Stanley
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Australia is heading for only its fourth quarter of shrinking GDP over the past 25 years according to big US investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Economic growth to be hit by biggest construction fall in 16 years
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Just when the market had anticipated Australian construction had hit "peak weakness", activity posts its biggest fall in 16 years.
Topics: economic-trends, building-and-construction, australia
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Business Council says Australian credit rating needs to remain near AAA
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Australia needs to retain its AAA rating or something "not much less than that", warns newly-appointed Business Council president Grant King.
Topics: budget, federal-government, economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Australians setting up for 'lukewarm' Christmas spend: Westpac
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A new survey shows a more downbeat Christmas period as six out of seven Australians expect to spend the same or less on gifts over the season than last year.
Topics: retail, consumer-finance, economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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China's two-child policy not the answer to its ageing population Opinion
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Analysis shows China's GDP per capita would still fall by 21 per cent in 2050 under the new two-child policy.
Topics: family-and-children, aged-care, government-and-politics, economic-trends, china, asia
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Could the price of oil finally be on the rise?
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After more than a year in the doldrums because of a slowing global economy, could the price of oil finally be on the rise?
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, trade, agreements-and-treaties, markets, saudi-arabia, iraq, united-states
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