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Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... fill up the big hole left by mining and job cut announcements... here, there and everywhere, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported yesterday that 71,400 jobs were created last month. And this, on top of another stupendous 56,100 heads added ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This is the very reason why the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us that the trend estimate "is the best source of information for forecasting or making decisions about what to ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price indexes for June quarter and building approvals numbers for June. In company news, Sunbeam ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... about how things in the economy are tracking relative to policy objectives". Yes Virginia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter consumer price index while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May's housing finance data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday rebounded from ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,370. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June's labour force data. No major equities news is expected, but Telstra's chief executive Andrew Penn will deliver ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... May and cut the estimates for job growth in April and May. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May's retail trade figures. Meanwhile, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association holds a briefing on ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... index futures contract was down three points at 5,475. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international trade in goods and services data and overseas arrivals and departures figures, both for May. Meanwhile ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices and the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts building approvals figures, both for May. The RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the Australian Industry Group's ...