One year on from the bear market lows of the global financial crisis, after a corner turned on 10 March 2009 when Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit said the US bank was on track to post a profit in the March 2009 quarter, most companies locally have posted strong gains. [More]

Extract Resources said that its Rossing South project in Namibia still has the potential to be one of the world’s largest uranium mines as the feasibility study into the mine continues. [More]

The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise the official cash rate by 25 basis points, or 0.25%, to 4%. [More]

In a decision that would have surprised many, the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.75% after three consecutive monthly rises. [More]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s trade deficit increased from a revised $1.85bn in September to $2.38bn in October. [More]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics retail trade rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in October to $19.75bn. [More]

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% today, the third consecutive monthly rise. [More]

The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey revealed the economy was rebounding faster than any time since the 1970’s after the release of the leading index of economic indicators showed growth of 5.8%, above the longer-term trend of 3.1%. [More]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the country’s Producer Price Index rose 0.1% in the September quarter verus the June quarter and 0.2% on a year ago. [More]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Report the nation’s unemployment rate decreased 0.1% to 5.7% in September. [More]