Job vacancies at highest level in over 12 years; Petrol prices hit 13½-month high

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Skilled job vacancies; Petrol Prices; Credit/debit cards; Used vehicle market Skilled internet job vacancies: In seasonally adjusted terms, preliminary job vacancies increased by 19.1 per cent (or 38,244 job advertisements)

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RBA: Housing market “is being watched closely”

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Services sector activity hits 2½-year high; Reserve Bank Financial Stability Review; Services gauge; China data Reserve Bank Financial Stability Review: The Reserve Bank notes: “housing price growth (and to a

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Easter petrol price hike; Used car prices lift; Record resources & energy exports

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Petrol Prices; Used vehicle market; Resources & energy exports Fuel prices: Last week the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 0.6 cents a litre to 137.9 cents per

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Biggest lift in wealth in 11 years; Healthcare leads job gains in quarter

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Finance and wealth; Jobs by industry; Business conditions Wealth: Total household wealth (net worth) rose by 4.3 per cent to a record high $12,033.5 billion in the December quarter to

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Job ads hit 9-year highs; Record cereal exports

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Preliminary international trade; Skilled job ads; Purchasing manager indexes Skilled job vacancies: The National Skills Commission reported that skilled internet vacancies rose by 7.0 per cent in February to be

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Record housing wealth; watchful Reserve Bank

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RBA Board Minutes; Residential Property Price Indexes Record home values: The total value of Australia’s 10.6 million dwellings was a record $7,724.4 billion in the December quarter with the average

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Biggest lift in Aussie home prices in 17½ years; Record home prices in 53 Aussie regions

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Home prices; Manufacturing activity Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of national home prices rose by 2.1 per cent in February – the biggest increase since August 2003. Prices

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Earnings season: On the road back

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Corporate profit reporting season Each ‘earnings season’ or ‘profit-reporting season’ CommSec tracks all the earnings results of S&P/ASX 200 companies to obtain a comprehensive picture of the aggregate health of

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Higher Aussie to soften petrol pump pain

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Petrol Prices; Used vehicle market; Household survey Fuel prices: Last week the national average price of unleaded petrol rose by 2.2 cents a litre to 131.2 cents per litre (c/l)

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Female underemployment rate hits 7-year low 

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Labour force Employment rose by 29,100 in January (consensus: +30,000) after increasing by 50,000 jobs in December. Full-time jobs rose by 59,000, but part-time jobs fell by 29,800. The unemployment

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