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Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... December remained steady at a 14-year low of 5.6%, new figures showed today. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that total employment rose by 29,600 to 9.66 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Full-time jobs increased by 16,100 ...

Total job vacancies up 7.9%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... vacancies in the three months to November, were up 7.9%, seasonally adjusted, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Job vacancies have risen 10.2% over the year to November. Seasonally adjusted job vacancies totalled 108,300 in the three ...

Trade deficit widens in November, expected to narrow ahead

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
... balance of goods and services was a deficit of $1.727 billion, seasonally adjusted, in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported. This compared to an upwardly revised deficit of $1.702 billion in October. Exports fell 1.0% in adjusted terms ...

Home building up, merchandise imports down in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
... picked up in the three months to September, the first rise in a year, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the September quarter rose 5.5 per cent after falling for the previous three ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall in part-time jobs kept the total employment gain ...

Economists expect a small rise in employment in November

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... rate to 5.6 per cent from 5.8 per cent in September. Economists had tipped a rise of 10,000. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to publish labour force figures today at 1130 AEDT. Market consensus again is for a rise of 10,000. National Australia ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker on US unit comeback

... index was eight points lower at 3199 on a volume of 625 contracts by 0641 AEDT. In the news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data for November is due today. All Ordinaries 3212.9 +0 NASDAQ 1895.86 -12.46 Dow Jones 9919.86 -3.56 FTSE-100 ...

Home lending falls for first time in almost 12 months: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
... a year, new figures showed today, driven by a drop in people buying established homes. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said lending increased for building and buying new homes, and a record number of people refinanced their homes. Almost ...

Australia's balance of trade improves in October, boosted by the Rugby World Cup

... the data for September due to an increase in international arrivals for the Rugby World CUp, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. The October balance on goods and services also improved by 27% to a value of -$1,648 million, from September's ...

Brisbane has highest housing price increase for the year: ABS

... prices with a 27.8 per cent rise in its house price index for the year to September 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Close on its heels is Canberra with a 24.4% in its housing price index for the year, whilst Adelaide comes third at 22.8% ...