CommSec State of the States, October 2024

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out which state or territory is Australia’s economic leader. Now in its 16th year, the report also

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CBA/CommSec Economics: Update – Unemployment rate ticks back up to 3.7%

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Labour force – October 2023 The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% in October, reversing the dip down in September. Employment rose by 55k in October, driven by a 37.9k

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Record regional Aussie job vacancies

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Skilled job vacancies The Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) from the National Skills Commission fell by 3.8 per cent in July (or by 11,249 available positions) to 288,465 available positions. Recruitment

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Rural Aussie consumer confidence hits record low

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Consumer confidence; ABS Household Spending Indicator The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index fell by 4.5 per cent last week to 80.3 points, the lowest level since April 2020. The long-run

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Unemployment rate hits 48-year low of 3.5 per cent

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Labour force Employment rose by 88,400 in June (consensus: +30,000) with full-time jobs up by 52,900 and part-time jobs lifting by 35,500. Total employment hit a record high of 13.6

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Consumer inflation expectations hit 15-week high

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Consumer confidence; CBA Household Spending Intentions (HSI) The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index fell by 2.5 per cent to 81.6 (long-run average since 1990 is 112.4). Consumer inflation expectations over

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Job vacancies hit record high; younger Aussies chipper

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Skilled job vacancies; Consumer confidence The preliminary Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) from the National Skills Commission rose by 8 per cent in April (or 23,135 available positions) to a record high

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Consumer confidence and spending intentions lift    

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Weekly consumer confidence; CBA Household Spending Intentions & card spending The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index rose by 1.3 per cent to 94.6 in the past week. Commonwealth Bank (CBA)

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First fall in Sydney and Melbourne home prices in 18 months

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Home prices; Manufacturing purchasing managers surveys The CoreLogic Home Value Index of national home prices rose by 0.7 per cent in March. Home prices are up 18.2 per cent over

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Record retail spending in WA and the Top End – Biggest lift in business credit growth in 13 years

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Retail trade; Private sector credit Retail trade rose by 1.8 per cent in January after falling by 4.4 per cent in December. Retail trade was up by 6.4 per cent on

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