Confidence eases from 7-week highs

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Weekly consumer confidence Consumer sentiment: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating fell by 0.2 per cent last week to stand 0.4 per cent lower than a year ago. What

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Spending still expanding at a firm pace

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending consolidated in July after powering at an “above-normal” pace just after the Federal Budget. According to the Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI),

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Imports soar to record highs

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Imports of goods Imports lift: Imports of goods rose by 0.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in July to record highs. Record imports from China, India: Annual imports from

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Confidence up; Car sales near record highs

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Reserve Bank Board minutes: Weekly consumer confidence; Car sales Consumer sentiment: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 0.6 per cent last week to stand 0.6 per cent

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Strongest job gains in seven years

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Labour force Jobs growth: Employment rose by 38,500 in July after rising by a revised 7,000 in June (previously estimated at a 7,300 rise in jobs). Full-time jobs rose by

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New vehicle sales soar to record highs

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New vehicle sales Record vehicle sales: According to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), 92,308 new vehicles were sold in July, the biggest July result on record and up

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Home price soar but inflation contained

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Home Value Index; Inflation gauge; Manufacturing Home prices soar: The CoreLogic RP Data Home Value Index of capital city home prices rose by 2.8 per cent in July to stand

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Margin expansion; Term deposits slide

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Producer Prices; Private sector credit; The broad measure of business inflation – the producer price index (PPI), or final stage prices, rose by 0.3 per cent in the June quarter

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Confidence on the mend

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Consumer confidence The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 0.6 per cent last week after rising by 4.5 per cent in the prior week. Three of the five

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Iran to add to oil supply and weigh on prices

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Petrol Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol rose by 0.3 cents per litre to 138.9 cents per litre in the

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