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Afternoon market wrap: Banks lead local shares lower

... Australian building approvals rose 7.5 per cent to 15,936 units in September, seasonally adjusted, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported today. The market had expected a small fall in approvals in the order of 1.0 per cent.

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; ASX retreats from early gains

... release revealing the property boom shows no sign of slowing did not impact on the local unit. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building approvals rose 7.5 per cent in September, much higher than the modest one per cent climb expected by ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... of the world widened in September as a rebound in imports outpaced a recovery in farm exports. Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed the trade deficit increased to $2.28 billion last month, from a revised $1.97 billion shortfall. But Mr Vaile ...

Building approvals strong: ABS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... signs of slowing with building approvals up strongly in September, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building approvals rose 7.5 per cent in September, much higher than the modest one per cent climb expected by ...

Trade gap widens in September

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
... Australia's trade gap widened in September as a rebound in imports outpaced a recovery in exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit increased to $2.28 billion in September, from a revised $1.97 billion shortfall in August ...

September retail sales may fall: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
... household goods spending, a rising Australian dollar and a firming in housing construction, they said. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures for September could drop 0.6 to 0.8 per cent after a 1.0 per cent rise in August, economists ...

Rise in building approvals expected: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
... along at high levels, economists said. Building approvals for September are due for release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday and a majority of economists anticipate a rise of around 1.0 per cent, seasonally adjusted. Approvals fell 2.4 ...

Building activity worth $11.21 billion during the June quarter: ABS

... although the highest increase during the quarter was recorded in the Northern Territories, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. The highest recorded building activity during the June quarter included the Northern Territories (an increase of ...

ABS announces a 0.6% increase in the September quarter's CPI

... 0.6 per cent increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the September quarter of 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The bureau also said that the CPI had increased 2.6% for the year to September. The highest increases during ...

Import price index dips 3.4% in the September quarter: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said the import price index for all groups of goods, commodities and transactions had a negative 3.4 per cent change from the June quarter of 2003 to the September quarter. The change in the import price ...