Home loans lift but first home buyer share at record lows

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Housing Finance; NAB Business Survey; Weekly Consumer Confidence The number of new owner-occupier housing loans (commitments) was up by 0.3 per cent in July but the value was unchanged. Excluding the

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Business confidence lifts; Export sales at 13-year high

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NAB Business Survey; Credit & debit card lending; Weekly Consumer Confidence Business conditions and confidence: The NAB business confidence index rose 7.8 points to +11.0 points in July – a 10-month

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Business outlook improves; Petrol set to rise

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NAB Business Survey; Weekly Petrol Petrol prices drop: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 4.0 cents per litre to 151.3

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Home loans hit record highs

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Housing finance; NAB Business survey Record home loans: The value of all home loans rose by 0.2 per cent to record highs in December. The number of new owner-occupier housing loans fell

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Portfolio allocations for clients in the ‘real world’

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In his first CPD article for 2014 Ray Griffin examines the need for advisers to stay abreast of economic and market conditions in order to more effectively set portfolio allocations

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Business conditions near 3-year highs

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NAB Business survey; Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices ease: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 1.0 cent per litre

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Record home loans; Better business conditions

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Housing finance; NAB Business survey Home loans lift: The number of new owner-occupier housing loans rose by 1.0 per cent in October, the ninth increase in the past 10 months. The

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PEFO non-event; Businesses still gloomy

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Pre-Election Economic & Fiscal Outlook; NAB business survey No change: It was almost certain that the Pre-Election Economic & Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) figures were going to be the same as those

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Businesses subdued: NAB business survey

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The NAB business confidence index weakened from +3.1 points to +0.7 points in February and the business conditions index weakened from minus 1.8 points to minus 2.7 points. The survey

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Record deflation prompts Aussies to spend

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Retail spending rose by 0.9 per cent in March – the strongest gain in 11 months. After adjusting for inflation, retail trade rose by 1.8 per cent in the March

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