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Australian building activity rises 16% for the year to March: ABS

The value of building activity across Australia rose by 16 per cent from March 2002 to March 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The value of building activity as at March 2003 was $11.63 billion, which was a 2.9% increase over ...

New motor vehicle sales in Australia marginally lower for June: ABS

The number of new motor vehicle sales across Australia during June 2003 was 77,330, marginally lower than the figure for May (77,349), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of new passenger car sales during June was 50,132 ...

Housing finance for new dwellings increases 3.2% in May: ABS

... rate for two years or longer (up from 7.1% in April). The average loan value was $179,200 in May 2003, up from the April figure of $176,800. The average loan in May 2003 is 13.1% larger than in May 2002.

Unemployment rises 0.1% in June 2003: ABS

... the previous month), Western Australia 5.5% (5.7% in May) and Tasmania at 8.4% (8% for May). The national unemployment figure increase by 7,500 to 620,000. The number of persons looking for full-time work increase by 10,000 to 473,000 and the number ...

Up to 70% of Australian workers to get positive super returns: ASFA

Preliminary figures compiled by ASFA indicate that, contrary to the impression gained by some recent reports, the majority of Australian workers will get a positive return - ranging from 1.5 per cent to 4% - on their superannuation for the year ended ...

Increase in Government unfunded super liabilities may cause super vacuum

... increased unfunded liabilities by almost $10 billion. However according to Rainmaker head of research Alex Dunnin, this figure "does not refer to total superannuation unfunded liabilities which according the ABS amounted to $129 billion by end March. ...

Retail trade rises by 0.2% in May: ABS

Australia's retail trade for May rose marginally by 0.2 per cent to $14.823 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. Trade at chains and large retailers increased by 3.6%, while 'smaller' retailers (sourced from a sample) increased ...

$A at 5-year high after RBA decision

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
... requests that it should. The $A reached 67.91 US cents immediately after the 0933 announcement, compared with the 67.55 figure recorded shortly before the announcement. Economists said that the RBA most likely held off a rate change as it was concerned ...

RBA board meeting brings mixed forecasts

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
Economists believe the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board is unlikely to cut interest rates when it meets today for the first time since its American counterpart cut US rates to 1 per cent. HSBC economist Anthony Thompson predicted the Reserve would ...

S&P announces 2002/03 financial year results of indices

... 2003. The announcement also confirms that property is the big winner this financial year. Meanwhile, S&P/ASX 100 returned a figure of -6.14% for price and -2.01% for accumulation. S&P/ASX 200 financials returned -6.66% for price and -1.64%, while S&P/ASX ...