The index is now giving us considerable comfort that economic growth by late 2005 and into 2006 can pick up to long-term trend or even a little better.

We have consistently argued that there is little likelihood of a rate move over the next 12 months,

He's like a blur. He controls the tempo of the game and makes plays for his teammates.

It was sloppy and we held onto it a little better than they did. There was some hard hitting on both sides, and that ball is going to come loose. We were in the right place at the right time.

I think you need to gun for Oral Roberts not so much because they're playing in Tulsa but because they're a good team. If they were a bad team, it wouldn't be an issue. But they're a good team so it's an issue.

Wage risks figure strongly in the central bank's concerns. Still, we expect we have reached the peak in wages pressure in Australia as slowing domestic demand is leading to cooling employment growth.