Year in review, year in preview

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Year in review 2021/22, year in preview 2022/23 With a few days to go in the 2021/22 financial year, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past year

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No election bounce for consumer confidence

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Weekly consumer confidence; Private sector credit; Dwelling approvals The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index eased by 0.1 per cent to 90.7 (long-run average since 1990 is 112.4). Consumer views

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Petrol prices ease below $2 a litre, OPEC+ meets

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Weekly oil market update Last week, the benchmark Singapore gasoline price fell by US$2.92 or 1.9 per cent US$154.28 a barrel, down from a record high of US$157.20 a barrel.

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Building costs soar by the most in more than 21 years 

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Construction work done; Skilled job vacancies; RBA speech The value of construction work done fell by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter but it was still up 1.4 per

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CommSec State of the States – April 2022

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out. Now in its 13th year, the report also includes a section comparing annual growth

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Interest rate alert, Petrol set to lift from lows

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Reserve Bank Board minutes; Weekly oil market update; Household spending The Reserve Bank Board notes that a pickup in inflation and wage growth “have brought forward the likely timing of

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Record job ads for 15 Aussie occupations

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Skilled job vacancies The National Skills Commission’s Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) rose by 3.6 per cent in February (or 9,264 available positions) to a 13½-year high of 269,746 available positions.

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Petrol hits record highs before easing…for now

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Weekly oil market update According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average unleaded petrol price rose by 14.9 cents a litre last week to a record high of

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Petrol prices could top $2.50 a litre

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Weekly oil market update Last week, the benchmark Singapore gasoline price rose by US$7.29 or 5.9 per cent to an 8-year high of US$130.81 a barrel (highest since February 24,

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Oil watch: Petrol to soar above $2 a litre

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Weekly oil market update On Friday, the Brent crude price rose by US$7.65 a barrel or 6.9 per cent to a 9-year high of US$118.11 a barrel. Over the week,

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