East Coast petrol prices peak – Darwin petrol prices hit 11-month low

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average price of unleaded petrol rose by 8.6 cents – the most in 9 weeks –

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Impact of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

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Economic and financial perspectives Novel (new) Coronavirus pneumonia (NCP): Since the world was alerted to the outbreak in mid-January, metal and energy prices have fallen 10-15 per cent but global

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Reserve Bank Governor reflects on ‘nirvana’

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Testimony to Parliament Reserve Bank Governor testimony: Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe spoke to the House of Representatives Economics Committee. The Reserve Bank Governor said that economic nirvana is inflation

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Reserve Bank Governor paints a positive picture

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Reserve Bank Governor speech Reserve Bank Governor speech: Governor Philip Lowe delivered a speech: “The Year Ahead”. What does it all mean? The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has indicated

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Budget deficit is $1 billion above forecasts

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Monthly budget statement The Monthly Financial Statements for December 2019 report the budget position against the expected monthly profile for the 2019-20 financial year through to 31 December 2019, based

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CommSec State of the States – January 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

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Consumer spirits lift; Global optimism

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Consumer sentiment; Global economy; CBA Household spending intentions Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.0 point (0.9 per cent) to 108.3 – the highest reading

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Economic optimism supports petrol prices

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Petrol Prices Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the weekly national average price of unleaded petrol rose by 6.4 cents to 154.4 cents a litre. After the

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Chinese economy ends 2019 on a positive note

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Chinese economic data Chinese economic growth: The Chinese economy grew at a 6.0 per cent annual rate in the year to December (forecast 6.0 per cent). Over 2019 the Chinese

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Record sharemarket lifts consumer spirits

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Consumer sentiment Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.1 points (1 per cent) to 107.3 – the first lift since early December. Sentiment remains below

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