Home sales hit 29-year lows – accommodation costs fall the most in 18 years

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Home sales hit 29-year lows Accommodation costs fall the most in 18 years Home prices; Producer prices; Manufacturing; COVID-19 impact on households Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of national home... Read more continue reading

Biggest lift in business loans in 32 years

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Private sector credit; Export/import prices; China data Lending: Private sector credit (effectively outstanding loans) rose by 1.1 per cent in March after rising by 0.4 per cent in February. Annual... Read more continue reading

Highest headline inflation in 5½ years   

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Consumer price index Inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.3 per cent in the March quarter (consensus: 0.2 per cent).... Read more continue reading

Petrol prices hit 15-year low

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Singapore gasoline prices at 21-year lows Weekly Petrol Prices; China data Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 6.6... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 24 February, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pulled back over the last week as oil prices fell further, not helped by very poor economic data. However,... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – April 2020

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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

Record lift in retail sales; Job ads slide

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Retail trade; Skilled job vacancies; New home sales Retail trade: ‘Preliminary’ retail trade rose by a record 8.2 per cent in March, after a 0.5 per cent gain in February.... Read more continue reading

Confidence returning; Tracking COVID-19 impact

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Consumer confidence; Spending; RBA Board minutes; Payrolls Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 7.7 per cent to 84.2 points. CBA Household Spending Intentions (HSI): According... Read more continue reading

Australian governments respond to COVID-19

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Economic issues Federal, State and Territory response: It’s not easy keeping up with all the economic support spending unveiled by Australian governments in response to COVID-19. Here we attempt to... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 17 April, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets, with the exception of European shares, pushed higher again over the last week on ongoing signs that the coronavirus... Read more continue reading