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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... monetary policy set under her predecessor Ben Bernanke. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December quarter overseas arrivals and departure figures while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,170. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases December housing finance data and the residential property price indexes for the December quarter. The National ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... Wall Street. Perhaps it was a not an often day for Wall Street. The S&P jumped by 1.3% the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that only 113,000 jobs were created in January, disappointing expectations for an 180,000 increase. This followed ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... release of its second-quarter sales results at midday. Wesfarmers added three cents at $41.35. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will also release the retail trade figures for the December quarter and international trade in goods and services data ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... candlestick maker are all sitting tight is because it's coming... very soon... this Friday. Yes Virginia, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is set to release the mother of all eco stats - the US Private Non-farm Payrolls Report - this coming Friday. ...

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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 ...

Retail investors turn to media for financial advice: GSAM survey

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... of a financial adviser. GSAM managing director and head of third party distribution Jessica Jones said although the statistics weren't favourable, providing investing education via financial planners remained relevant. "We have tripled the size of our ...

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 ...