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Unit starts boost residential construction in June quarter but house starts ...
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[Property Observer] - “The announcement of additional assistance to Queensland's housing construction sector in the 2012‑13 State Budget is likely to see a sustained increase in Queensland housing construction,” says Commonwealth Bank economist James McIntyre.
Fall in jobless rate masks labour market weakness
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[The Age] - A senior Commonwealth Bank economist, James McIntyre, said unemployment would be significantly higher if more people were seeking work, describing the 5.1 per cent unemployment rate as ''spuriously comforting''. ''Were it not for the decline in
Good day for mining, dollar and gold
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[The Age] - "Were it not for the decline in participation in August, the unemployment rate would be standing at 5.4 per cent this month," Commonwealth Bank's James McIntyre wrote in a note to clients. "Worse still, had the slump in participation over the past year
Google News: Aussie retail sales drop by most since 2010, profits fall
[The Malaysian Reserve] - “Sentiment is pretty fragile given everything that's going on in the euro-area,” said James McIntyre, a senior economist in Sydney at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. “If this weak retail outcome is something that consumers latch onto, then that could
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