Housing bubble inflating, RBA needs to curb demand

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The Reserve Bank of Australia will need the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to reign in home lending once again, or lift interest rates, or do both to avert a dangerous... Read more continue reading

Housing credit growth firm but business credit growth is slowing

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Total credit to the private sector rose by 0.4% in September. Annual growth stepped down to 5.4%. Housing credit was up by 0.5% over the month and sits 6.4% higher... Read more continue reading

Term deposits in vogue; Inflation lifts

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Private sector credit; Air traffic; Weekly petrol prices Lending & deposits: Private sector credit rose by 0.4 per cent in September to be up 5.6 per cent over the year.... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 28 October, 2016

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Shares were mixed over the last week with Eurozone, Japanese and Chinese shares up but US shares down slightly and Australian shares having another bad week. Bond yields continued to... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – October 2016

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 21 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most major global share market rose over the past week helped by generally good economic data, more evidence that US earnings... Read more continue reading

Full-time jobs record biggest fall in 5½-years

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Labour force Employment fell by 9,800 in September after falling by a revised 8,600 people in August (previously -3,900). Full-time jobs fell by 53,000 while part-time jobs rose by 43,200.... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 14 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most share markets (with the exception of Chinese shares) fell over the last week on the back of a some soft... Read more continue reading

Volatile airfares: It pays to watch the oil price

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Domestic Airfares Airfares: Discount airfares fell by 15.6 per cent in October after spiking 27.4 per cent higher in September In smoothed terms discount fares are up 5.2 per cent... Read more continue reading

Tourism: China & Indonesia challenge NZ

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Weekly petrol prices; Tourism data Tourist arrivals/departures: Arrivals fell by 0.2 per cent in August in seasonally adjusted terms. And departures fell by 0.8 per cent. China record: Tourists from... Read more continue reading