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Unemployment rate 5.6% in March: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... adjusted 5.6% in March, compared with an unrevised 5.9% rate in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Total employment rose by 66,900 to 9.637 million, adjusted. Of this, full time employment rose 39,200, and part time employment rose 27,800. ...

Employment growth likely returned to solid levels in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
Australia's employment growth was likely to have returned to more solid levels in March but there was weakness ahead as the housing sector continued its downturn, according to economists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish March ...

Business expectations stay flat for quarter ahead: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... shows no signs of abating, with 90% of executives reporting no drop off in activity, the survey found. The outlook for employment growth remains unchanged, with expectations for growth in capital investment and inventories each rising sightly. The survey ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
US employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market ...

DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
... 0.2% in March but remained 5.4% higher than the same time last year, official figures showed today. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index fell to 111 in March, dropping across two out of three major ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.9% in February: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... said full-time jobs fell for the first time since June last year, with 13,100 positions lost in the month. But overall employment rose by 1,300, the seventh monthly rise in a row, after a 14,400 surge in part-time jobs. The participation rate was steady ...

Business expectations weakest in 12 months: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
Australian business expectations have fallen in February, with the outlook for sales, profits and employment growth the weakest in 12 months, a survey has shown. The Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) national business expectations survey revealed that expectations ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... the decline in the Australian dollar. While in the United States, stocks were mixed on Friday night after a weak US employment report. By 0709 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange today, the March share price index contract, a key indicator of the day's ...

Australia close to full employment: Costello

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello today said Australia was getting close to full employment at its current jobless rate. Figures for February put the jobless rate at 5.7%, up from several months at 5.6%, a level which has not been bettered since the early 1980s. ...

Jobs at SMEs strongest since GST

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grew to their strongest levels in the January quarter since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, a business index found. The Sensis Business Index for Small and Medium Enterprises showed that ...