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Housing finance figures point to continued market cooling

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
New figures today point to a continued cooling in the property market in the wake of the latest two increases in mortgage rates. Housing finance figures for owner occupied homes dipped 8.1% in January, following interest rate increases in November and ...

Super growth funds on a high in February: InTech

Superannuation growth funds continued their upward performance trend in February, with the median growth manager gaining 1.7% to produce strong returns of 8.1% for the financial year to date, according to figures released by InTech. InTech observed ...

Housing affordability down in December

Housing affordability for first-time home buyers fell 8.4%, reaching a record low in the December quarter, according to a report released yesterday by the Commonwealth Bank and the Housing Industry Association. Figures from the survey indicate that ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.9% in February: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Australia's jobless rate rose to 5.9% in February, new figures showed today, from a revised 5.8% in January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said full-time jobs fell for the first time since June last year, with 13,100 positions lost in the ...

Leap year boosts February retail figures: Cashcard

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
An extra day thanks to the leap year helped Australian retail spending levels nudge higher in February but the shortest month in the calendar remains the lowest one for turnover, research found. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed retail spending ...

House prices after surge 6% in Q4

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
Australian house prices skyrocketed in the final three months of 2003. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday showed a house price index jumped 6% in the December quarter - the largest quarterly rise in almost 15 years. This compared ...

Building approvals slide again in January: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Building approvals slid for the third month in a row in January, new figures showed today, confirming last year's interest rate rises have taken some steam out of the housing market. But separate Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed ...

Australia close to full employment: Costello

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello today said Australia was getting close to full employment at its current jobless rate. Figures for February put the jobless rate at 5.7%, up from several months at 5.6%, a level which has not been bettered since the early 1980s. ...

Annual economic growth lifts to 4%: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Economic growth picked up at the end of last year, new figures showed today, with annual growth lifting to 4% in the year to December. The latest national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the economy expanded by 1.4% in ...

Queensland economy growth rate passes 5%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... figures showing the state's economy grew by 5.3% in the last financial year - more than double the national average. The new figure, released by Treasurer Terry Mackenroth following a revision by the Office of the Government Statistician, represented ...