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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
Queensland has laid claim to being the "engine room" of Australia, with revised 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 ...

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 ...

Kennedy fights ASIC over access to Offset Alpine papers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Handwritten notes relating to Offset Alpine Printing seized from the home of Sydney businessman Trevor Kennedy were covered by privilege, his lawyer told a court yesterday. Kennedy applied to the Federal Court to seek a permanent injunction to prevent ...

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 ...