The art of persuasion; Confidence up

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Reserve Bank Board minutes; Consumer confidence; Car sales Reserve Bank Board had to be persuaded: “Members discussed the merits of adjusting policy at this meeting or awaiting further information before

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Petrol price updrift; Air passenger numbers lift

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Weekly petrol prices; Air traffic data Retail petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 3.9 cents per litre to

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Personal loans drive lift in lending

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Lending Finance Lending: Total new loans (personal, business, housing & lease) rose by 0.7 per cent in March after a 3 per cent rise in February. Lending was just 3.9

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Weekly market update – week ending 7 May, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had a messy week as the return of growth worries weighed on European, Japanese and US shares. Despite falls

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Aussies update wardrobes; Record trade deficit

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International trade; Retail sales Retail trade lifts: Sales rose by 0.4 per cent in March after a revised 0.1 per cent lift in February. In real (inflation-adjusted) terms, retail trade

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Healthy building; Confidence lifts

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Building Approvals; Consumer confidence; China PMI Dwelling approvals rose by 3.7 per cent in March to be down 6.5 per cent on a year ago. In trend terms, approvals rose

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CommSec State of the States – April 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

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Weekly market update – week ending 29 April, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares pulled back a bit over the last week not helped by some disappointing earnings results from US tech stocks and

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Record share of seniors in workforce

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Detailed job data Detailed job data: The Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released detailed labour force figures for demographic groups. Record participation by seniors Workforce participation rates (those in jobs

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Oil slides on failed meeting; Tourism routes in demand

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Weekly petrol prices; New vehicle sales; Air traffic data Retail petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 2.5 cents

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