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Employment growth likely returned to solid levels in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
Australia's employment growth was likely to have returned to more solid levels in March but there was weakness ahead as the housing sector continued its downturn, according to economists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish March  ...

Vehicle sales remain strong

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
New car and truck sales jumped 13% in Australia last month, continuing the strong run of results for the auto industry. In its latest VFACTS bulletin today the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries said 86,046 new vehicles were sold in March, 9,933 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
The Australian dollar opened weaker today as the US dollar hit a four-month high against the euro overnight on the release of more positive economic data. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7539/44 compared with yesterday's close ...

Newspaper job ads rise 0.3% in March: ANZ

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... March since the internet series began in 1999. The number of online job ads rose 5.7%, seasonally adjusted, to 94,759 in March - 37.3% higher than in March last year. The total number of jobs ads for both newspaper and the internet increased 4.6% in ...

March inflation remain subdued

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
Prices of consumer goods and services rose by 0.3% in March to be 2.1% higher than a year earlier, according to the TD Securities/Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge. TD Securities chief strategist Stephen Koukoulas said the 0.3% gain overstates ...

Retail spending growth stalls in March: Cashcard

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
Australian consumers are cooling their love affair with spending and growth has stalled, according to the Cashcard Retail Activity Index for March. The seasonally adjusted index was unchanged in March following growth of 0.3% in February and 0.8% in ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
US employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market ...

Manufacturing shows strong demand in March quarter: survey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
Australia's manufacturing sector continues to show strong demand in the March quarter, according to a new index. The inaugural Sensis and Australian Business Manufacturing and Allied Services Index also showed the rise of the Australian dollar had constrained ...

Macquarie raises $230 million for US infrastructure fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
Macquarie Bank today said it raised nearly $230 million for a United States closed-end infrastructure fund. The investment bank said its Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund (MDF) issued 8.5 million shares at ...

Household spending pushes economy as business investment slows

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
Household spending will keep pushing the economy for the next two years as business investment slows to a crawl, a new survey has found. The Mercer-Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends predicted the economy would expand by 3.7% ...