Jobless rate falls to 2½-year low

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Labour force; Domestic Airfares Employment rose by 26,100 in March after rising by 700 in February (previously reported as a rise in jobs of 300). Full-time jobs fell by 8,800

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Winners & losers on population growth

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Migration; Regional population Fastest population growth: In 2014/15, Camden in south-west Sydney recorded the fastest population growth rates for local government areas, up by over 5,000 people or 7.6 per

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Lowest Easter petrol prices in 11 years

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Weekly petrol price Retail petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 0.4 cents per litre to 112.3 cents per

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Employment consolidates after stellar gains

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Labour force Employment rose by 300 in February after falling by 7,400 in January (previously reported as a 7,900 fall in jobs). Full-time jobs rose by 15,900 while part-time jobs

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Usage of credit card limits at 14-year low

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Credit & Debit cards; Weekly petrol price Petrol: Last week the key Singapore gasoline price recorded the biggest percentage increase in a year, up by US$6.60 or 13.6 per cent

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Chinese food prices lift; Wealth up again

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Chinese inflation data; Revised jobs data; Modellers’ database Chinese inflation: Chinese consumer prices rose by 1.6 per cent in February to be up 2.3 per cent over the year (forecast

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Fastest economic growth in two years

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National accounts Faster growth: The Australian economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the December quarter after an upwardly-revised 1.1 per cent increase in the September quarter (previously up 0.9

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Corporate Australia adjusts to new realities

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Corporate Profit Season Each ‘earnings season’ or ‘profit-reporting season’ CommSec tracks all the earnings results of ASX 200 companies to obtain a comprehensive picture of the aggregate health of Corporate

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Mixed airfares; Global shares in focus

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Monthly airfares data; Sharemarket trends Airfares: In smoothed terms, discount fares fell by 6.1 per cent over the year to February. But business class airfares rose at a 7.0 per

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Petrol falls again; Job ads at 3½ year highs

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Weekly petrol prices; Job advertisements Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 0.3 cents to 111.6 cents per litre

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