CommSec State of the States: April 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 15th year, the report

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CommSec State of the States: July 2023

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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 14th year, the

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A volatile run of employment numbers continued in December

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Labour force – December 2022 A volatile run of employment numbers continued in December There was a lot of noise in the December labour force numbers released today. In seasonally

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CommSec Research: State of the states – October 2021

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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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China economy: Coronavirus comeback kid

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Chinese economic data Chinese economic growth: The Chinese economy (GDP) expanded by 11.5 per cent in the June quarter (consensus: +9.6 per cent) after a 10 per cent contraction in

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State of the Regions 2019

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Over the past decade CommSec has conducted quarterly assessments of state and territory economic performance. We have now extended the analysis to Australian regional economies. Data were assessed across 88

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Spending growth lifts in February

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending is growing at the fastest rate in nine months according to the Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI). The BSI, a measure of

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Inflation: No room for complacency

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Consumer price index  Inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter, above expectations. In seasonally adjusted

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Record home building with bevy of work ahead

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Consumer sentiment; Building activity Record home building: In real trend terms, a record $19.8 billion of work was done in building new homes in the September quarter. New starts: The

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Low inflation prevails

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Consumer price index Inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.4 per cent in the September quarter, broadly in line with expectations.

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