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Westpac leading index slows in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
... Economic activity in Australia will begin to slow down sooner than expected after a sharp fall in the Westpac leading index for November. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity, which normally ...

Consumer inflation expectations fall in December, at six month lows

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... result is consistent with the latest official figures, the report noted. "In the September quarter the consumer price index for Australia rose by 0.6 per cent, to be 2.6 per cent higher than a year earlier," it said. "In addition, the value of the Australia ...

Brisbane has highest housing price increase for the year: ABS

... nation's capital cities by recording the highest increase in housing prices with a 27.8 per cent rise in its house price index for the year to September 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Close on its heels is Canberra with a 24.4% in its ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger; market waits for RBA meeting

... publish the Commodity Price Index and the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index for November is released. In late overnight trade on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Skilled vacancies index up 1.7% in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... three major occupational groups,with associate professionals showing the biggest increase, up 2.6 per cent. A separate index for on-line information technology and communications vacancies rose 1.8 per cent to be 28.8 per cent higher than the low reached ...

Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... cent in the quarter compared to 0.4 per cent in the private sector. The figures contrast with yesterday's wage cost index for the September quarter, which showed wage growth picking up as the jobless rate fell.

Australian business increasingly bullish on 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... sales remained healthy and more business were planning to ramp up investment in the new year. The survey showed the index for expected sales was now at 40, with 56 per cent of executives expecting an increase and 16 per cent a decrease. Capital investment ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

... for the day ahead, was three points lower at 3305 on a volume of 735 contracts. In the news today, the Consumer Price Index for the September quarter is due in Sydney while all eyes on the local market will be following the progress of Mayne Group after ...

Import price index dips 3.4% in the September quarter: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said the import price index for all groups of goods, commodities and transactions had a negative 3.4 per cent change from the June quarter of 2003 to the September quarter. The change in the import price ...

Westpac named Australia's number one company: RepuTex

... that Westpac leads the global banking community on corporate sustainability, according to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2003-04, also for the second year running. "Our success reflects a concerted effort over the last five years to address genuine ...