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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... commodity prices in AUD terms (contributing +0.59ppts); and a stabilisation in both equity markets (+0.22ppts) and dwelling approvals (+0.21ppts)". "This has been partially offset by weaker reads from aggregate monthly hours worked (-0.15ppts); the Westpac ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... expectations (-6.1%) and hours worked (-1.1%) recorded declines over the month. The S&P/ASX 200 index (+4.1%) and dwelling approvals (+3.1%) increased while commodity prices and the yield spread were largely steady. The unemployment expectations index ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... uncertainties (election timing) and the financial market volatility that transpired earlier in the year. Australia dwelling approvals The number of total dwellings approved increased by 3.1% in February, recovering from a 6.6% drop in the previous month ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... third straight month that home loan approvals advanced. Credit conditions may not be that tight after all. New dwelling approvals surged by 15.2 per cent over the month. Owner-occupied housing increased by 7.1 per cent in December and loans for investment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... apartments category. Private house approvals declined by 0.3 per cent. There were large rises in the total dwelling approvals in the case of South Australia(34.8 per cent) and Victoria(29.1 per cent). The Australian Industry Group has published its manufacturing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... past seven months and they confirm that according to their analysis the peak was in June 2006. DEWR says that dwelling approvals and real GDP are the components behind the fall in the indicator. The six equally weighted variables that feed into the DEWR ...

Daily Economic Update

... this series is likely to continue going forward. According to the ABS report, the trend estimate for total dwelling approvals fell by 0.4 per cent in March -- the tenth consecutive monthly fall. The value of new residential building increased by 1.3 ...

Daily Economic Update

... affirmed by the flattening -- after declining in the previous eight months -- in the ABS' trend measure of total dwelling approvals. However, the year-on-year change in the seasonally adjusted estimate showed total approvals remained 6.3 per cent lower ...

Daily Economic Update

... sector, despite recent surveys pointing to the contrary. A hefty 11.5 per cent drop in private sector other dwelling approvals and a small 0.9 per cent decline in approvals for the construction of private sector houses contributed to the January fall. ...

Aust bulding approvals likely to fall in March: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
... dwellings' such as apartments and units. Westpac economists expect building approvals to fall by 7%. They said dwelling approvals were trending lower, as housing finance pulled back from its unsustainable highs.