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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... forecast the addition of 178,000 net new jobs last month. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the retail trade figures for December/December quarter and international trade in goods and services data for December. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the index of commodity prices for January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for December, the ANZ job advertisements series for January is due out as is the Australian ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Dear! Dear! Dear! Yes my dear Virginia, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed that the cost of living in this sunburnt country girt by sea has become dearer in the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Headline consumer prices jumped by 0.8% ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... another busy week of fourth quarter earnings releases. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases CPI data for the December quarter while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Activity for November ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,229. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force figures for December and international merchandise imports data for the same month. TD Securities/Melbourne ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... index futures contract was up 26 points at 5,200. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release lending finance data for November and new motor vehicle sales figures for December. The Westpac/Melbourne ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... avoid aggressively scaling back its stimulus measures. Locally, in economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases November housing finance data and overseas arrivals and departures figures for the three months to November. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,040. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October lending finance data. In equities news, Westpac has its annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... shutdown when US spending authority expires on January 15. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases November labour force data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ...

Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... 70. The average age of retirement in Australia in 2012-13 was 54 years, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Retirement Intentions survey report. Men retired on average at age 59 and women at age 50, they added. But while this appears ...