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Economics

Consumer sentiment reaches nine-year high

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
Australian consumer sentiment rose to its highest in nine years in January.

Total job vacancies up 7.9%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
Australian total job vacancies in the three months to November, were up 7.9%.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar opened weaker today, retreating from a fresh six and a half year high overnight

Businesses expect strong start to 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australian businesses expect a strong start to 2004, with more than a third performing better than planned during the first half of the 2003-2004 financial year.

Exports drop on back of dollar/drought

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australia's export success story is coming to an end with new figures showing large drops in sales to key markets including Asia over the past two years.

Trade deficit widens in November, expected to narrow ahead

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australia's trade deficit widened by a whisker in November but economists expect it to narrow in the months ahead as an end to the drought begins to show up in the nation's rural export receipts.

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.

Rising dollar sends manufacturers offshore

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
One in five Australian manufacturers say they will move some of their operations overseas because of the rising Australian dollar, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said today.

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.

Democrats to test Latham's resolve on super reform

The Australian Democrats aim to test the resolve of ALP Leader Mark Latham's interest in reforming the parliamentary superannuation scheme, by introducing a Private Members Bill into the Senate early next year.