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Australian government bonds will be the only major developed sovereign market to provide capital gains to investors this year as the central bank cuts interest rates, analysts predict.
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China’s ability to feed its population may depend in part on a legal issue -- better property rights for farmers.
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Hedge funds boosted bets on rising commodities to the highest in 15 months, driving prices into a bull market as the U.S. drought worsened and the Federal Reserve signaled it may take more steps to spur economic growth.
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Australian job advertisements gained in June after two straight months of declines, signaling a labor market that’s slowing as businesses limit hiring intentions, a private report showed.
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Australian business profits advanced for a second straight quarter, as earnings at miners, manufacturers and banks gained.
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Australia’s four biggest lenders are divided over whether Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens and his board will resume reductions next week in the highest benchmark interest rate among major developed nations.
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Bill Evans, chief economist at Westpac Banking Corp., was Australia’s loneliest forecaster four weeks ago as the first to predict an interest-rate cut.
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Australian business confidence fell in April for a second straight month and advertisements for job vacancies dropped for the first time since January, a sign the central bank’s interest-rate increases may cool domestic demand.
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Australia’s central bank may push back its next interest rate rise by three months as languishing consumer spending gives it time to assess Europe’s debt crisis and whether a mining investment boom will stoke inflation.
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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens said foreign-reserve-rich emerging nations are concerned about their U.S. and European debt and probably want to aid indebted developed countries through the International Monetary Fund.
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