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AUSTRALIAN CONFIDENCE UNSCATHED.
(From Market - Asia Pacific)
Australian consumer confidence hit a nine-year high in October of 2003 and is likely to remain strong through the first half of this year. Over the past 12 months, real household income got a double boost from appreciation of the national currency and the rising value of residential real estate, but both of those factors could lead to trouble as 2004 progresses
The national currency (the Australian dollar) has risen in value about 28 percent relative to the U.S. dollar since the outset of 2002. That has given a cost competitive edge to imported goods and services. Australian households have experienced substantial growth in discretionary income over the past two years and that is opening the door to a widening array of imported products. Year-on-year growth in consumer goods imports should hold in the range of 5 to 10 percent through the ...
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- Newspaper article from: Market Asia Pacific November 1, 2002 700+ words
...affordable financing have contributed to strong gains in real estate and automobile sales this year. Double-digit growth...sectors accounted for most of the upward momentum in internal demand this year. During the third quarter of 2003, automobile...
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- Newspaper article from: Market Asia Pacific January 1, 2003 700+ words
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...growing at a pace in excess of 15 percent year-on-year, while internal demand was only beginning to revive. As a result, the recovery in commercial...be noted in the electronics/telephony, pharmaceutical, and real estate sectors.
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...on average. Gains approaching 5 percent are not likely to emerge until the fourth quarter. The automotive and residential real estate sectors will be particularly hard hit. Orders for building materials will be flat through the first four months of the year...