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Merchandise imports up 20%: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
Merchandise imports soared 20% to $11.3 billion in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. In its monthly merchandise imports report, the bureau said imports of machinery and transport equipment jumped by $1 billion or 25%. Imports of ...

Building work jumps in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Building activity jumped almost 6% in the December quarter to the second highest level on record, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building work done rose 5.9%, allowing for seasonal factors, to $12.08 billion ...

Loans to property investors continue to fall: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
New loans to property investors fell for the fourth month in a row, new figures showed today, dropping 3.7% in February. The figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed a slowdown in the property market, coming on top of a drop ...

OECD says recovery slowing in US, eurozone

Economic recovery is on track in the worlds biggest industrialised countries but is slowing somewhat in the United States and the eurozone, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said today. The OECD said its composite leading indicator ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Australia has slipped down the rank of trading countries, new World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures show. The drought and the higher Australian dollar meant Australia's share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia ...

Total job vacancies in February quarter fall 3.3%

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
Job vacancies fell 3.3% in the three months to February, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said job vacancies fell to 104,700 in the quarter and were 5.1% weaker than the same time last year. The ABS said the sectors ...

Retail sales up 0.1% in February: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Retail sales edged up just 0.1% in February, new figures showed today, further reducing any chance of an interest rate rise next week. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said sales were 8.3% higher than the same time last year, at $15.76 billion. But ...

Vaile says trade figures take pressure off interest rates

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Figures showing Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world was narrowing indicated interest rates did not need to rise, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed the trade deficit narrowed to $1.72 ...

DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
Vacancies for skilled workers slipped 0.2% in March but remained 5.4% higher than the same time last year, official figures showed today. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index fell to 111 in March ...

Home building surged in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
Home building activity surged in the three months to December, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the December quarter rose more than eight per cent, above analysts' expectations. ...