CommSec State of the States – April 2018

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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; business investment; unemployment; construction work

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Higher import prices add to inflation risks

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Export & import prices Export & import prices: Import prices rose by 2.1 per cent in the March quarter and were up by 2.3 per cent on a year ago –

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Victorian jobless rate at 6-year lows; Young people are back in the job market

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Labour force Employment rose by 4,900 in March after a 6,300 fall in jobs in February (previously reported as a rise of 17,500 jobs). Full-time jobs fell by 19,900 while part-time

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Reserve Bank confirms resilient financial system

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Financial Stability Review Reserve Bank Financial Stability Review: The Reserve Bank has handed down the latest review of the financial system. “The Australian financial system remains resilient and its ability to withstand

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Fastest growth in Victorian spending in 2 years

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Retail Trade; Building approvals; Consumer sentiment Retail trade: Retail trade rose by 0.6 per cent in February after rising by an upwardly-revised 0.2 per cent in January (previous up 0.1 per

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Solid economy-wide spending in February

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending remained solid in February. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI), a measure of economy-wide spending, rose by 1.0 per cent in trend

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Petrol prices at lowest levels in four months

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Weekly petrol Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 0.9 cents to 133.6 cents a litre in the past week

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Proposed US steel tariffs drive shares lower

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Economic and Financial Market developments US tariffs: The US dollar slumped and sharemarkets fell in response to news on proposed tariffs. What happened? US President Donald Trump has indicated that

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First annual fall in Sydney home price in 5½ years

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Home prices; Manufacturing Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of capital city home prices fell by 0.3 per cent in February to stand 2.0 per cent higher over the year.

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Unemployment 2017: Winners and losers

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Labour Force Regional unemployment: Unemployment rates vary significantly across regional Australia. Remote regions of the country such as Outback Queensland had the highest unemployment rate of 12.8 per cent in December.

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