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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% ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...

Fear not the fugly jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

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 ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the number of women ...

Market Wrap

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 ...

Market Wrap

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 ...