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Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Interest rates are expected to stay on hold today, with figures showing the Reserve Bank can afford to wait another month before lifting rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher ...

Current account improves marginally in Q4

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the three months to December after a recovery in rural exports. But the deficit of $12.01 billion, from an upwardly revised $12.09 billion in September, was substantially above market expectations ...

Super fund assets lift 2.2%: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Superannuation funds' assets lifted 2.2% in the December quarter to more than $330 billion, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The bureau said the assets of super funds had climbed 13% during the past 12 months. But the improvement ...

Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australians are continuing to borrow heavily for homes and run up debts on their credit cards with new figures out on Friday putting pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow, a month after deciding against ...

Construction up 4.9% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
The building sector is continuing to grow with the value of construction work up 4.9% in the December quarter, official figures released today show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the value of total construction work hit $18.3 billion in the ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Figures out today will give the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) an indication if it needs to tackle potential wages inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost ...

Jobs at SMEs strongest since GST

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... five per cent during the quarter, after three quarters of flat results. Sensis chief economist Steven Shepherd said the figure was the strongest result since the GST was introduced in July 2000.

Sydney median house price hits $500,000 in December: REI

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
The median price of a house in Sydney reached $500,000 in the December quarter 2003, according to figures released today by the Real Estate Institute (REI) of New South Wales. Prices in the state's capital increased 6.4% from the September quarter.

Margin lending for direct share investment rises: St George

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
Margin lending for direct investment in the share market picked up in the December quarter, according to St George Bank head of margin lending, Andrew Black. Black said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) data showed there had been a move towards borrowing ...

Government and employers agree on $10 wage rise for low paid

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
... to $10 a week for Australia's lowest-paid workers in this year's minimum wage case, saying any more would cost jobs. The figure is less than half the amount sought by unions, who want an extra $26.60 a week for about 1.6 million award employees.