Confidence spikes: Now back above ‘average’

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Consumer sentiment; New home sales Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 3.9 per cent, lifting from a near 12-month low of 109.2 to 113.5 in

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Earnings season: Good, but not great

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Corporate Profit Reporting Season (preliminary figures) 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

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Best job growth in 12½ years; Wage winners

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Labour force; Average weekly earnings Employment rose for the 10th straight month, up by 27,900 in July after rising by 20,000 in June (previously reported as a rise of 14,000

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Wage growth set to lift from lows

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Wage price index Wage growth: The wage price index rose by 0.5 per cent in the June quarter to be up 1.9 per cent over the year. Annual underlying inflation

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Stronger Aussie dollar curbs trade surplus

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International trade; New car sales Trade surplus: The trade narrowed from $2,024 million to $856 million in June. The rolling 12-month surplus rose from $8.9 billion to $12.7 billion (biggest

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Builders again embrace houses

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Building approvals Dwelling approvals: Approvals by local councils to build new homes rose by 10.9 per cent in June after falling by 5.4 per cent in May. House approvals rose

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CommSec State of the States

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July 2017 – 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;

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Record number take to the air

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Air Travel; Reserve Bank speech Domestic air travel. In the year to May a record 59.17 million passengers flew on domestic air routes, up 1.6 per cent on a year

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Firm growth in spending across the nation

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending posted firm growth in June according to the Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI). In trend terms the BSI lifted by 0.7 per

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Chinese economic data beat forecasts

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Chinese economic data; Petrol prices Chinese economic data: The Chinese economy grew at a 6.9 per cent annual pace in the June quarter, above forecasts (+6.8 per cent). The economy

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