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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... latest available) from 2.3% in the same quarter of 2012... and the unemployment rate dropping to 6.0% in the December quarter from 6.8% a year ago and down from a 13-year high of 7.2% in the third quarter of 2012. How good is that? That's the employment ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... national accounts report that showed our economy grew by a larger-than-expected 0.8% (expectations 0.7%) in the December quarter and 2.8% year-on-year. But... but the rate of growth is still below trend... the improvement is only marginal... modest. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... was up 43 points at 5,448. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December quarter national accounts data including gross domestic product, while the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. The ANZ job advertisements series, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the Australian Industry Group ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. The ANZ job advertisements series, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the Australian Industry Group ...

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
More than half of all complaints made to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the December quarter related to death and disability insurance claims. Death benefit disputes made up 32.2% of complaints, while disability related disputes, including ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... saving. Business investment on buildings and structures and equipment, plant and machinery dropped by 5.2% in the December quarter - the biggest fall since 2009 (GFC days). More worrying, local businesses plan to do more saving - the first estimate show ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... results. In Australia, the market on Thursday fell due to a worse-than-expected drop in business investment in the December quarter. The market also was pulled down by a sharp drop in the value of Qantas shares, after the airline said it will axe 5000 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the December quarter. In equities news, Qantas, the Seven Group, Nine Entertainment, Gindalbie Metals, Perpetual, and Transfield Services are expected ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... economic news on Wednesday,the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data for construction work done in the December quarter. In equities news, Westfield Group and Westfield Retail Trust, Mortgage Choice and Sydney Airport are expected to post full ...