Year in review – Year in preview

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Economic and financial perspectives Record expansion: Australia’s record economic expansion is now in its 29th year. Interest rates have fallen to fresh record lows; wages are growing near 2.2 per

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Frugal Aussies are making the hard choices

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Perspectives on spending Consumer trends: We are travelling less, buying fewer cars, spending more on insurance and winning the battle on high electricity and gas budgets. But we are using

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Shoppers wait for the sales; Record trade surplus

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International trade; Retail trade Retail trade: Retail trade was flat in October. The annual growth rate fell from 2.5 per cent to a 2-year low of 2.1 per cent. Foreign

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The Big Issues for 2020

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The big issues of 2020 For the past 18 years we have produced “The Big Issues” report – a report that has sought to highlight the issues that are expected

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Record weekly lift in national petrol price

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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 a record 10.9 cents last week to a 4-week

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Services sector activity hits 11-month high

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Consumer confidence lifts the most in 5 weeks Services sector gauges; Consumer sentiment Services sector: The Australian Industry Group (AiG) Performance of Services Index (PSI) rose from 51.5 points to an

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Weakest retail spending in 28 years

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Retail trade; Weekly petrol prices Job Ads; Inflation gauge Retail trade lifts: Retail trade rose by 0.2 per cent in September after a 0.4 per cent increase in August. Economists

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CommSec State of the States: October 2019

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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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CommSec Research: Strongest growth in Canberra job vacancies in 3 years

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Skilled job vacancies Skilled job vacancies: In trend terms, the Internet Vacancy Index decreased by 0.7 per cent in September – the 9th successive monthly fall. The index is 7.1

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Federal Budget back in the red

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Monthly Financial Statements Budget position: Just over a week ago the July and August financial statements were released by the Department of Finance. In this report we look behind the

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