CommSec: Patchwork economy in reverse; manufacturing shrinks

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National accounts The Australian economy fell by 1.2 per cent in the March quarter. And while the downturn can be largely explained by the disruption to coal exports caused by

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AMP: Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week The European debt crisis is continuing to rumble along with increasing talk of a “soft debt restructuring” for Greece which would involve extending the

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CommSec Investor Signposts: Week Beginning May 22 2011

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Upcoming economic and financial market events   The big picture Is the petrol price high? It depends on your stand-point, especially given the fact that prices are quite volatile, making

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RBA minutes: rates on hold for now,foreign central bank investment on the rise

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Lending finance; RBA Board minutes Lending rebounds, albeit from a low base. Total lending finance rose by 7.7 per cent in March after sliding by 5.7 per cent in February. Encouragingly

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Home loans slump to decade lows

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Housing finance; Weekly Petrol Price; New Car Sales The number of new owner-occupier housing loans fell by 1.5 per cent to 44,968 new commitments –marking the lowest result since March

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CommSec Economic Insights: Fruit prices plunge; Manufacturing shrinks; $A soars

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Weekly petrol prices; TD Securities monthly inflation gauge Inflationary pressures ease. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge rose by 0.3 per cent in April or 3.6 per cent over the

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CommSec: Record quarterly fall in home prices

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House Prices; Private Sector Credit Capital city home prices fell by 0.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in March after a downwardly revised 0.5 per cent slide in February, according

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State of the States: economic performance report

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How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment, construction work done; population growth; housing

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Investor Signposts: Week Beginning April 17 2011

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Upcoming economic and financial market events x The big picture Aussie businesses have to cope with a lot. The global environment has been far from stable in recent years, what with

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Lloyds International: A global perspective on the local economy

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Lloyds chief economist on inflation, interest rates and the outlook for the Australian economy x The Australian economy will continue to grow rapidly in 2011 buoyed by the continuing resources

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