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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 ...

Capital expenditure in line with strong Q4 growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
A rise in the amount businesses spent on capital equipment in the December quarter bodes well for strong economic growth but as spending intentions soften growth will slow, economists said. Real private capital expenditure rose 2% in volume terms, seasonally ...

Wage costs up 1% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Wage costs climbed 1% in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said the increase lifted wage costs 3.7% for the year to December 2003, seasonally adjusted. Private sector wage costs climbed 1% for the quarter ...

Construction up 4.9% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
The building sector is continuing to grow with the value of construction work up 4.9% in the December quarter, official figures released today show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the value of total construction work hit $18.3 billion in the ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... labour market may boost wages, fuelling inflation. Economists are predicting a growth in workers' earnings in the December quarter due to the strength in the labour market. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the December quarter wage cost ...

Sydney median house price hits $500,000 in December: REI

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
The median price of a house in Sydney reached $500,000 in the December quarter 2003, according to figures released today by the Real Estate Institute (REI) of New South Wales. Prices in the state's capital increased 6.4% from the September quarter.

Margin lending for direct share investment rises: St George

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
Margin lending for direct investment in the share market picked up in the December quarter, according to St George Bank head of margin lending, Andrew Black. Black said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) data showed there had been a move towards borrowing ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

... performance had been marked by contrasting influences from domestic conditions and the exchange rate. It cited the December quarter consumer price index (CPI), which increased by 0.5 per cent, and by 2.4 per cent over the year, down from an annual rate ...

New figures expected to show easing inflation

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... providing one less trigger for the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates again. However, the expected easing of December quarter inflation, giving a predicted annual inflation rate of 2.4%, is unlikely to be enough to see off another rise in rates some ...

December quarter final PPI up 0.1%

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
Australia's producer price index (PPI) at the final stage of production rose 0.1% in the December quarter for an annual rise of 1%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. This compares with a rise of 0.5% in the September quarter. In the quarter ...