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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... home sales fell by 4.9% in the year to October after recording a 0.7% rise in the previous month. Australia building approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on building approvals further confirms the weakening trend in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Australia building approvals New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the total number of dwelling units approved dropped by 8.7% over the month of September, less than market expectations for a 3.0% decline and follow a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... business liaison which reported that some firms had taken a more cautious approach towards hiring". Australia building approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the number of total dwelling units approved fell by 1.8% in the month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Australia dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tally on building approvals show total new dwellings approved jumped by a sharp 11.3% in the month of July, more than offsetting the declines registered in June (-4.7%) and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... gain. May's decline is the first monthly drop since the 1.6% decrease reported in February. Year-on-year, total building approvals went down by 9.1% in May after a 1.3% increase in the previous month. The number of private sector houses approved rose ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... previous month while personal credit declined by 0.1% in April, slower than the 0.3% fall in March. Australia building approvals Credit to housing may have slowed in April but building approvals data of the same month indicates a pick-up in coming months. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price indexes for June quarter and building approvals numbers for June. In company news, Sunbeam kitchen appliance marketer GUD Holdings releases its full year results, Energy ...

Australian market opens higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... $US60 a tonne hurting miners. A flood of economic data releases this week will influence the ASX, including building approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... $US60 a tonne hurting miners. A flood of economic data releases this week will influence the ASX, including building approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices and the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts building approvals figures, both for May. The RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing ...