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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... March share price index contract was up 49 points at 5,799. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour force data for February and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its monthly bulletin. Publishing and Broadcasting executive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
Labour force data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis there has been a decrease of 11.6 per cent in unemployed persons over the last year to 492,000. The national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... contract was down five points at 5864. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release January labour force data. On the corporate front, Qantas releases its first half profit statement today, with the market expecting a slightly ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data indicates that on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a 2.3 per cent rise over the month in unemployed persons, although this is still 8.2 per cent less than a year ago. Of the 44,600 new jobs added ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... price index contract was down five points at 5,450. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases November labour force data and Nufarm Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Melbourne. The Australian stock market closed higher yesterday, driven ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... takeover target Rinker Group announces its interim results. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its September labour force data with economists expecting 10,000 new jobs to have been created in the month and the unemployment rate to remain at ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... the Bank of Queensland puts out its annual results while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its September labour force report. The Australian stock market finished stronger yesterday with the major resource stocks leading the upward march. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... Corporation release their annual results. On the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its August labour force data. The Australian stock market finished weaker yesterday as softer-than-expected economic growth data sparked fears ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... unemployed people is now 514,000, which is the lowest in absolute terms since 1990 and the lowest as a proportion of the labour force since 1976. The annual creation of jobs to July was 220,000 of which 211,000 were in the last six months following a ...