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Business indicators show firm end to 2003, but lowers GDP forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
... economists have sharply revised down their expectations for the December quarter GDP outcome. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported seasonally adjusted inventories rose 0.3% in the fourth quarter from an increase of 2.3% in the September quarter. ...

Inventories up 0.3% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... December quarter, in seasonally adjusted chain volume measures, rose 0.6% to $70.505 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. This is 0.5% higher than a year ago. Estimated income from sales by wholesalers in the December quarter in adjusted ...

Super fund assets lift 2.2%: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... assets lifted 2.2% in the December quarter to more than $330 billion, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The bureau said the assets of super funds had climbed 13% during the past 12 months. But the improvement during the past ...

Capital expenditure in line with strong Q4 growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
... quarter to $14.310 billion from an upwardly revised $14.033 billion in the September quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. The fifth estimate of expenditure for 2003-2004 is over $51 billion, which is relatively unchanged from the comparable ...

Average weekly earnings up 1.8%: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Average weekly earnings climbed 1.8 % in the November quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said all employees total earnings averaged $745.80 a week, 1.8% up for the quarter and 5.9% up over the year. Full time adult ordinary ...

Wage costs up 1% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Wage costs climbed 1% in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said the increase lifted wage costs 3.7% for the year to December 2003, seasonally adjusted. Private sector wage costs climbed 1% for the quarter ...

Construction up 4.9% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... of construction work up 4.9% in the December quarter, official figures released today show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the value of total construction work hit $18.3 billion in the quarter. The value of residential building work climbed ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... growth in workers' earnings in the December quarter due to the strength in the labour market. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the December quarter wage cost index report at 1130 AEDT today. Economists are tipping total hourly rates of ...

Merchandise imports down in January: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Merchandise imports dropped in January to $9.942 billion, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports fell 9.6% in the month, from $10.998 billion in December. Imports of food and live animals fell to $408 million ...

Property investment down: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... last year, with new figures today showing another fall in investment lending in December. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said borrowing for property investment fell 3.8% in December, on top of a dip in November when the Reserve Bank raised ...