LAST TWELVE MONTHS - LTM
A recently completed 12-month period that is used to evaluate a company’s performance or earnings report. It is a short time frame but long enough to trail the company’s finances. Also known as trailing twelve months (TTM) that is frequently found in a firm’s financial statements.
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Tier 3 Capital
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Share-Draft Account
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Segregated Disclosures
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| 05:02 | Trade Balance | Nov | |
| 07:00 | Economy Watchers Survey | Nov | |
| 09:00 | Industrial Production | Oct | |
| 10:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | Nov | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Dec | |
| 01:50 | M2 Money Supply + CD | Nov | |
| 02:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Nov | |
| 02:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Nov | |
| 05:30 | RBA Interest Rate Decision | Dec |


