|
COPYRIGHT 2002 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd
An executive briefing on the economies of Asia for July 31, 2002, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
AUSTRALIAN RETAIL TRADE UP IN JUNE: ABS
SYDNEY - Australian retail trade rose 0.9 per cent in June to a seasonally adjusted $A14.664 billion ($US7.94 billion) from a slightly upwardly revised $A14.533 billion ($US7.87 billion) in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
Retail turnover in volume terms for the June quarter was up 2.5 per cent at $A41.998 billion ($US22.74 billion).
IMF OPTIMISTIC OF SINGLE-DIGIT INFLATION RATE FOR INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Deputy representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Jakarta, David Nellor, is optimistic that Indonesia will achieve its single-digit inflation rate target for this year.
"There has been much progress since early this year and an inflation rate of one digit could possibly be reached by the end of this year," Nellor said after a meeting with Finance Minister Boediono...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|
Bookmark this article
Print this article
Link to this article
Email this article
Digg It!
Add to del.icio.us
RSS
