Australia Building Approvals Rise Unexpectedly In September
Total number of building approvals issued in Australia increased for the second straight month in September, defying economists' forecast for a decline, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday.
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Australia Trade Surplus Exceeds Forecast
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Australia's foreign trade surplus increased more-than-expected in September, as exports rose and imports remained flat, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday.
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Rising Trend In Australia's Building Approvals Unlikely To Last
The recent unexpected rise in Australia's building approvals is a bit of a head fake and that approvals will show a clearer softening trend into year-end, Matthew Hassan, an economist at Westpac Institutional Bank, said.
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Reserve Bank Of Australia Cuts Inflation Outlook
Reserve Bank of Australia forecast inflation to rise only gradually over time and the economy to grow at a solid pace as the drag on growth from the end of the mining investment boom has eased. In its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, released Friday, the Reserve Bank projected inflation to rise slightly to 2.25 percent in the year ending December 2018 from an estimated 2 percent in the yea
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Australia Wage Prices Rise 0.5% In Q3
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Australia's wage price index climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
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Australia's Christmas Spending Likely To Be Tepid
Despite a hotly retail high season, the early signs are not promising for Australia's consumer spending over Christmas 2017, Mathew Hassan, an economist at Westpac Institutional Bank, said.
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Australia Building Approvals Advance 0.9% In October
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The total number of building approvals issued in Australia jumped a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent on month in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday - coming in at 19,074.
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Australia Q3 Company Operating Profits Ease 0.2%
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Company gross operating profits dipped a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
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Australia Q3 House Prices Ease 0.2% On Quarter
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Residential property prices in Australia fell 0.2 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
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