Petrol prices settle; Job market recovery

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Weekly petrol price; Chinese trade data; Job advertisements Petrol prices lift: Due to a holiday in Canberra, the weekly national average Australian price of petrol won’t be available until Tuesday.

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Interest rates: Where do we go from here?

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The cash rate has left at a record low of 2.25 per cent. There is a clear bias to cut rates again. What does it all

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Biggest lift in services investment in 7 years

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Business investment; Average weekly earnings Softer investment: New business spending on buildings or equipment fell by 2.2 per cent in the December quarter after a 0.6 per cent increase in

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Soft wages & construction keep rates in focus

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Construction work done; Wage price index Construction activity eases: Construction work done fell by 0.2 per cent in the December quarter. Residential work rose by 2.5 per cent but commercial

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Economy-wide spending continues to slow

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Growth of economy-wide spending eased further in January. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) – a measure of economy-wide spending – rose by 0.2

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Electronic retailers record strongest growth in 7yrs

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Retail Trade; New Home Sales Retail trade grew: Sales rose for the seventh straight month, up by 0.2 per cent in December after rising by 0.1 per cent in November.

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Reserve Bank goes for growth

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The cash rate has been cut by a quarter of a percent to a record low of 2.25 per cent. What does it all mean? The

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Housing bubble risk if rates are cut?

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Home Value Index; TD Inflation Gauge; Performance of Manufacturing Home prices lift: The CoreLogic RP Data Home Value Index of capital city home prices rose by 1.3 per cent in

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Further signs that petrol has bottomed

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices ease: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 2.4 cents per litre last week to 108.6

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Petrol at 6-year lows: have prices bottomed?

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices ease: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 4.7 cents per litre last week to 111.0

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