Posts tagged "abs data"

A 0.2% lift in retail sales was recorded by the ABS in August following a stronger 0.5% uptick in July and a 0.8% fall in June.

The performance of Australia's small business community is improving, new data suggests, but economists have advised that a 'phantom' spending downturn may be hidden in those rosy figures.

Staffing difficulties are largely because of a lack of job applicants and applicants not having the required skills, new data from the ABS says.

Some 1.3 million people changed jobs in the year to February 2022, the ABS says, suggesting many took part in the 'Great Migration'.

Budget money will help the Australian Bureau of Statistics improve regional labour market statistics and update the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.

Despite ongoing lockdowns, Australian retail turnover rose 0.4% in May 2021 compared on a month-on-month basis and 7.7% on a year prior.

By Richard Holden, UNSW

In this column, UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden looks at changes to how inflation is calc…

Average incomes in the far north city of Townsville increased a whopping 46% between 2006 and 2011, according to an Australian government re…

New figures have confirmed that housing supply continues to fall away as demand ramps up while the number of dwelling starts over the June q…