AUSTRALIA`S unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.3 per cent in July, compared to a revised 4.3 per cent in June, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show
THE Australian dollar finished at its weakest level in four months as the lowest number of home loan approvals since 2004 for owner-occupied housing signalled to traders interest rates could be cut as early as next month
DEMAND for home loans has fallen to the lowest level in four years, fuelling the possibility of an interest rate cut as early as next month, an economist says
THE dollar opened at its lowest level in nearly four months today after the central bank kept interest rates steady and raised the chances of rate cuts later this year
SUPERMARKET giant Coles comes up trumps on a new website that allows consumers to compare grocery prices in their local area and elsewhere in Australia
SOCIETE Generale, one of the top three French banks, hard hit by alleged rogue trading at the beginning of the year and also by sub-prime exposure, reported a 63 per cent slump in second-quarter profit today
