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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 ...

Economy finished 2003 on strong note: NAB

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
The Australian economy finished the year on a strong note, with business conditions strengthening to near record levels, the National Australia Bank (NAB) said today. According to NAB's December quarter business survey, the broader economy continued ...

New vehicle sales fall 4.8% in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Australian new motor vehicle sales fell 4.80% in seasonally adjusted terms, to 72,733 units in December from a downwardly revised 76,412 units in November, the ABS said.

Residential auction clearance rate down sharply in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Australia's property market is showing signs of easing, after auction clearance rates fell sharply in December with prices also taking a tumble. According to Macquarie Research, most cities recorded auction clearance rates below 50% in December. Citing ...

International merchandise imports rise in December

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2004
Australia's international merchandise imports rose by $847,000 in December compared with the previous month. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said imports of goods last month totalled $11,033 million, up from $10,186 million on November. This data ...

Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
Better-than-expected jobs growth in December strengthened expectations of a further rate hike next month as figures showed unemployment remained at 14-year lows. Treasurer Peter Costello said the December jobless rate of 5.6%, the same as November ...

Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
The jobless rate for December remained steady at a 14-year low of 5.6%, new figures showed today. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that total employment rose by 29,600 to 9.66 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Full-time ...

FPA chairman flags further changes

Financial Planning Association (FPA) chairman, Steve Helmich, has backed the December restructure of the organisation by new chief executive officer Kerrie Kelly, and flagged further changes that will be made in 2004. In December, Kelly announced she ...

ANZ job ads fall 10.7 percent

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Australian job advertisement in major metropolitan newspapers fell 10.7 per cent in December to their lowest levels since April 2003. The fall in the ANZ job ad figures follows seven consecutive increases, but was still 0.9 per cent higher than the ...

GDP up 1.4 percent in December quarter

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Australia's economy was gaining pace at the start of the year as rising exports combined with resilient domestic demand to lift growth in the final quarter of 2003, economists said. The AAP economic indicator for January showed gross domestic product ...