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Weekly economic round-up

... cent to 110.7 in March from 109.3 in the previous month. Steady interest rates, stabilising petrol prices and higher house prices in the December quarter - as well as stronger-than-expected growth in employment in February - supported the rise in consumer ...

Daily economic update

... average of six points. Improving consumer confidence on the back of a recent correction in petrol prices, stabilising house prices and steady interest rates have reduced Australian business concerns over future activity. Overseas, Japan's economy expanded ...

Daily Economic Update

... last year. One reason for the continued weakness in the property market is that home affordability remains low with house prices still considered overvalued. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported last week that average house prices in Australia's ...

Daily economic update

Australian house prices rose by 2.1 per cent in the December quarter to stand 2.3 per cent above their level in the same period in 2004. This compares favourably with unchanged prices in the September quarter and market expectations for a 0.8 per cent ...

Weekly economic round-up

... releases include updates on actual and planned Australian capital expenditure, wages growth, construction work and house prices. Financial markets will also be watching out for the release of US CPI and the minutes of the January Federal Open Market ...

Daily Economic Update

... November from 107.6 in the previous month. According to Westpac, concern over higher interest rates and the fall in house prices were chiefly responsible for the drop in consumer confidence. However, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) believes ...

Daily Economic Update

... steady interest rates, with a bias towards a lower cash rate, in the near term. Housing (perhaps due to weakening house prices) and commercial finance (because of increased business investment) strengthened but personal finance is down sharply as dearer ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... previous fiscal year. The strong capex figures are in contrasts with the softer trend in retail sales, declining house prices and flat building approvals. Retail sales rose by a higher-than-expected 0.5 per cent in October but the annual growth of 3.1 ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that house prices in Australia's eight major capital cities fell by 1 per cent in the September quarter, more than reversing the 0.7 per cent gain of the previous three-month period. The fall in house prices ...

Daily Economic Update

... housing affordability to continue to fall in coming months as home prices and interest rates push higher. Median house prices increased nearly 17 per cent to US$218,000 in the year to October -- the biggest rise in 26 years. At the same time, the average ...