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ABS says city house prices up 2.5% in March quarter

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
Capital city house prices rose just 2.5% in the first three months of the year, the smallest rise in three years, new figures showed today. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the only city to record a fall was Melbourne, down 1.3%, in ...

Retail managed funds up 13.3% in March Q04: Plan For Life

Actuary and Research house Plan For Life released details today of its March quarter 2004 analysis of retail managed funds, highlighting a 13.3%, or $8.5 billion increase in the quarter to $328.1 billion. According to the release, St George, AXA Australia ...

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Economic growth slowed dramatically in the opening months of the year, new figures showed today, the worst result in more than a year. The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the March quarter - about one-sixth of the revised 1.3% growth recorded in the ...

Current account deficit up to nearly $12b in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
Australia's current account deficit worsened again in the first three months of the year, with consumer demand for imported goods outweighing a recovery in farm exports. The deficit increased 2% to just less than $12 billion, from a revised $11.8 billion ...

Leading Index points to continued economic slowdown in Australia

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity was 2.7% in March, below its long-trend of 3.3%. The index indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine months in the future. The annualised ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... almost doubling over two years to $604 million. Separate figures showed credit card debt hit a new high of $26.7 billion in March, with consumers clocking up $13.4 billion in new purchases in the month.

Retail managed funds grew by 3.2% in March Quarter: Assirt

Assirt Research has released its 2004 March quarter market share report measuring the size of the managed funds market. The report found the value of the retail managed funds market increased by 3.2% during the quarter to $277.2 billion from $268.5 ...

Fitch: investment properties more risky than owner-occupied

... changed over the past decade, Fitch said. It noted the Reserve Bank of Australia said in its Financial Stability Review in March, that investment property loans increased as a proportion of total housing loans outstanding from 15% to more than 33%. Fitch ...

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in April - ABS

Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.6% in April, compared with an unrevised 5.6% rate in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Total employment rose by 56,200 to 9.694 million, adjusted. Of this, full time employment ...

Aust property investment recovers in March - ABS

Property investment jumped in March, new figures showed today, the first increase after four months of decline following back-to-back interest rate rises last year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said property investors borrowed 1.9% more in March ...