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Aust June quarter final PPI rises 1.1%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... at the final stage of production rose 1.1% in the June quarter for an annual rise of 2.3%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. This compares with an unrevised rise of 0.6% in the March quarter. In the quarter, at the intermediate stage the PPI ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... Today, the first cab off the reporting rank, Crane Group, is set to unveil full year results as the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases producer price indices for the June quarter.

Real estate fairytale over but no crash in sight

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
... first quarter of 2004. This was the smallest gain since the March 2001 quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. In Melbourne, house prices declined 1.3% over the first quarter this year, while Sydney prices rose 3.5%. Macquarie ...

Aust business conditions strengthen in June qtr: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... economy,\" he said. Oster said the nation\'s March quarter gross domestic product (GDP), which the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported had grown at a seasonally adjusted 0.2%, may have underestimated the rate of growth.

Aust building activity up 0.6% in March quarter: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Building activity lifted 0.6% in the March quarter to $12.1 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said new residential building activity climbed 2.4% to a seasonally adjusted $7.0 billion. Alterations and additions to existing ...

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in June - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... jobless rate has retreated from 23-year lows, rising to 5.6% in June, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the jobless rate edged up 0.1 percentage points from the 5.5% recorded in May. The increase in unemployment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... indicator of activity ahead - was four points lower at 3560 on a volume of 794 contracts. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release June employment data today.

Aust retail sales pick up in May

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
... sales picked up in May despite the impact of higher petrol prices, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said retail sales grew 0.5%, in line with market expectations, to $15.98 billion, after a marginal fall in April. Sales ...

Bumper year for ASX

The Australian Stock Exchange released its financial year-end statistics yesterday, recording an annual 16.8% increase in the value of the benchmark S&P/ASX-200 and a 17.7% increase in the smaller All Ordinaries index. The sharemarket posted a new record ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
... at 3538 on a volume of 492 contracts. On the day Air New Zealand unveils some new planes, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail trade and job vacancy data and four companies list on the ASX.