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Significant increases in agricultural output in 2002: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released figures showing a record 14% increase to $39 billion in the estimated gross value of agricultural commodities from June 2001 to June 2002. The figure for the corresponding period in 2000-01 was ...

Commercial lending finance down 15.2% for January

John Fernando The latest statistics on lending finance released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that commercial financed dived by 15.2% to $19.86 billion for January 2003, from $23.42 billion in December 2002. The figures released ...

Unemployment rate falls to 6% in February: ABS

... the number of people in work has actually decreased, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The total number of people employed was 9.56 million in February compared to 9.58 million in January. The number of ...

Decrease in housing finance for January 2003: ABS

John Fernando The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest figures on housing finance for owner occupation in January show significant declines in the construction and the purchase of new dwellings in comparison to January 2003. The construction ...

Retail growth sluggish, house prices remain strong: ABS

Paul Cully Consumer confidence remained weak in January, with figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealing that retail spending rose just 0.2 per cent in January to $14.48 billion. This follows moderate a seasonally ...

Economy grows by 0.4% in December quarter: ABS

John Fernando The latest national accounting figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that Australia's economy grew by 0.4% for the December quarter and by 3% for 2002 as a whole. The ABS also said the drought would ...

Housing approvals fall by 2.1% in January: ABS

... approved for building in January fell by 2.1 per cent to 13,283 compared to December 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today, further evidence of a slowdown of the property boom. This represents a 3% decrease compared to January 2002. ...

$16 billion of assets disappear in 12 months: ABS

... $16 billion in the past 12 months, according to the latest managed funds figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS said total assets at the end of the December 2002 quarter stood at $634 billion, down from $650 billion at ...

Job advertisements climb 3.2% in February: ANZ

... latest results as signalling that employment will continue growing at the pace reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in recent months." Eslake added, "first, the February results follow disappointing outcomes for December and January. ...

ABS releases latest weekly earnings figures

... quarter of 2002 produced a rise of 1.1%. This was reported in the latest quarterly update of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released on Thursday. The average Australian adult full-time worker earned $888.70 per week at November 2002. The ABS ...