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Rate cuts not helping services sector

Record low interest rates have done little to get consumers spending again and the services sector is feeling the pain.The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Service..

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GDP figures confirm subnormal growth

The economy is just not quite making the grade.That's confirmed by the national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.Australia's output of good and services - its gross domes..

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Economy has a weak start to 2013

Australia's economic growth was sluggish in the March quarter, and that pace is likely to continue as the peak in mining investment looms.Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6 per cent in the first..

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US stocks fall after poor trade data

Sellers have taken over US stock markets as an expanded trade deficit offered a fresh sign of weakness in US growth.Volatility continued to reign: after an early rise the main indices sank to one-per ..

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