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Overseas visitor arrivals decline 1.7% in March 2003

... reflecting a decrease of 1.7 per cent over the figures for February 2003. In data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today, it was also revealed that the total number of short-term visitor arrivals for the nine months to March 2003 ...

March quarter records highest price rises since 1995: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had risen by 1.3 per cent for the March quarter 2003, up from 0.7% in the December quarter 2002. The ABS said that apart from the September quarter 2000, which ...

Building activity value rises 3.1% to $11.46 billion: ABS

... value of building activity rose by 3.1% to $11.46 billion in the September quarter of 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. Of this, new residential building construction was worth $6.7 billion in the December quarter, an increase ...

New dwellings financed increase by 0.1% in February: ABS

... February 2003 increased by 0.1% to 52,018 as compared to January 2003 according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. There were also 5,202 new dwelling constructions, showing a 3.1% rise over January 2003. ABS figures also showed ...

Victoria, Queensland break rising unemployment trend: ABS

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for Australia's labour force showed a decline of 42,800 in the number of unemployed persons from 9,563,500 in February 2003 to 9,520,7000 in March 2003. Full time employment decreased by 64,800 ...

Superannuation assets increase $12.2 billion in September quarter 2002

... billion, up 5.6% on the previous quarter. The survey is a joint initiative between APRA and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and currently reviews information sourced from 372 superannuation funds in Australia. These funds comprise the largest ...

Job vacancies up 4% since November 2002: ABS

... estimate of the number of job vacancies in Australia has risen by 4 per cent since November 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today The ABS said there were 106,800 job vacancies in February, with 92,800 in the private sector and 14,000 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Investors drawn to banks

... regard as bastions of stability in uncertain times. Fresh fears of a domestic economic slowdown were also raised by ABS statistics released today showing a slowdown in building activity and an increase in the nation's trade deficit. Under-pressure airline ...

Trade deficit widens to $1.87 billion: ABS

... February 2003 as compared to a deficit of $1.31 billion in January 2003. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that the export of goods and services from Australia to its global trading partners fell by 6% between January ...

Building approvals fall by 4% in February: ABS

... approvals in Australia during February fell by 4 per cent from January to 12,743 units, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today. This is also a 3.1% decrease in the number of building approvals from February 2002. The ABS ...