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Daily economic update

Australian house prices rose by 2.1 per cent in the December quarter to stand 2.3 per cent above their level in the same period in 2004. This compares favourably with unchanged prices in the September quarter and market expectations for a 0.8 per cent ...

Daily economic update

... (ABS) report showing that real capital spending increased by a much larger-than-expected 9.2 per cent in the December quarter following a 3.5 per cent rise in the previous quarter. Increased investment in the Mining sector and 'other' selected industries ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2006
... Babcock and Brown, Pacifica and Iress release full year results. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also reveals December quarter capex data. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied as a report on consumer prices and a sharp drop in the price of oil eased concerns ...

Daily economic update

... (ABS) reports that its wage price index (WPI) excluding bonuses rose by a lower-than-expected 0.9 per cent in the December quarter, down from 1.1 per cent in the previous three-month period. The deceleration in the rate pace of wage growth at the end ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2006
... Australia deputy governor Glenn Stevens speaks in Melbourne as the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the December quarter labour price index. NEW YORK - US tech stocks fell, led by declines in semiconductor shares while blue chips dropped as signs ...

Daily economic update

... affordability is also luring homebuyers back. The HIA/CBA housing affordability index rose by 5.4 per cent in the December quarter to its highest level in more than a year. While this is good news for the economy, it is still uncertain whether the rebound ...

Daily economic update

... spite of stubbornly high petrol prices. Annual headline CPI inflation rose by 2.8 per cent in the year to the December quarter, down from 3 per cent in September. Underlying inflation (CPI for market goods and services) slowed to 1.8 per cent during ...

Daily Economic Update

... 2001 to mid-2004. Meanwhile, real retail sales (sales adjusted for inflation) increased by 0.3 per cent in the December quarter, up 1.9 per cent from a year ago. Like the nominal estimate, retail volume turnover remains below its 4-8 per cent annual ...

Daily economic update

... data on wage inflation. The US employment cost index (ECI) rose by a lower-than-expected 0.8 per cent in the December quarter. The ECI increased by 3.1 per cent from a year ago - a six-year low. While still very high, this is the first decline since ...

Weekly economic round-up

... of its positive implication for monetary policy. The modest increase in Australian headline inflation in the December quarter strengthens market expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates on ice for the foreseeable ...