Lower inflation for older Australians

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Selected Living Cost Indexes Alternate inflation measures: The Bureau of Statistics has found that the living cost index for Age pensioners rose by 0.1 per cent in the September quarter... Read more continue reading

Outlook for family finances at 6½-month highs

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Consumer confidence Consumer confidence lifts: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by a healthy 2.7 per cent in the week to October 26. Aussie households’ views about economic conditions... Read more continue reading

Petrol lifts, but cheap fuel around the corner

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Weekly Petrol price Petrol prices rise: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol rose by 0.6 cents per litre to 149.6 cents a... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 24 October, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets continue to recover from their recent falls helped by a combination of good earnings news in the US, better... Read more continue reading

Encouraging Chinese data; Land in demand

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Chinese manufacturing; Land sales China manufacturing: The “flash” manufacturing gauge was 50.4 in October – a three-month high. Land sales: The Housing Industry Association reported that land sales rose 10 per cent... Read more continue reading

Reserve Bank can rest easy on inflation

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Consumer price index Tame inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.5 per cent in the September quarter, in line with expectations.... Read more continue reading

Chinese growth at five year lows

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Chinese data; Reserve Bank Board minutes; Consumer confidence Chinese economic data: The Chinese economy grew at 7.3 per cent annual pace in the September quarter – ahead of forecasts (7.2 per... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 17 October, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares had another rough week on worries about global growth and the Ebola scare continued to build. This saw most... Read more continue reading

State of the States October 2014 – A new leader

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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 done; population... Read more continue reading

Central Bank Watch – October 2014

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Principal Global Investors has released its monthly Central Bank Watch for October 2014. The report outlines key concerns of the Reserve Bank of Australia which includes the slowing momentum in the Chinese... Read more continue reading