SA jobless remains below national rate

abc-au Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:37:00 AM CET | info [other]

Updated March 11, 2010 15:02:00 South Australia's jobless rate has risen to 4.7 per cent, seasonally adjusted, for February. Analysts were stunned a month earlier when it fell from 5.2 per cent to 4.4 per cent. In the latest month, there was a fall in people looking for work in SA....

Rise in jobless 'lessens risk of new rate rise'

NEWScomAU Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:15:00 AM CET | info [other]

A BENIGN labour force report for February will probably be sufficient for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to leave the official cash rate unchanged next month, economists say....

Inflation, drought forcing food prices up --

trinidadexpress Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:11:00 AM CET | info [other]

A sudden rise in inflation and a long drought are playing havoc with food prices in Trinidad and Tobago....

Australian jobs rise a steady result: minister

focusnews-en Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:36:00 AM CET | info [other]

Canberra. A slight rise in the unemployment rate is a "steady result" for the Australian jobs market, federal Employment Minister Julia Gillard told reporters on Thursday in Canberra, Xinhua News Agency informed. Australian Statistic Bureau released earlier Thursday jobless rate in February rose 0.1 percent to 5....

Jobs figures a 'steady result': Gillard

smh Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:49:00 AM CET | info [other]

A slight rise in the unemployment rate is a "steady result" for the Australian jobs market, federal Employment Minister Julia Gillard says....

Dollar slides at noon on jobless rate

NEWScomAU Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:42:00 AM CET | info [other]

THE dollar was weaker at noon after mixed employment figures suggested the Reserve Bank might hold interest rates steady in April....

NSW bucks the trend with falling unemployment

abc-au Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:30:00 AM CET | info [other]

New South Wales is the only state to have recorded a fall in its unemployment rate last month....

Food prices fall in February, steaks down 17pc

nzherald Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:09:00 AM CET [other]

New Zealand food prices fell by 1.3 per cent in February on the back of falls in fruit and vegetable costs, as well as lowered meat, poultry and fish prices.Additionally, Statistics New Zealand's food price index measured a February......

SA jobless rate still below national rate

abc-au Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:52:00 AM CET | info [other]

South Australia's jobless rate has risen to 4.7 per cent, seasonally adjusted, for February....

Jobless rate edges up in February

smh Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:18:00 AM CET [other]

The jobless rate edged up to 5.3 per cent in February from a downwardly revised 5.2 per cent in January, with the number of people employed barely rising....

Unemployment rate up slightly to 5.3pc

NEWScomAU Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:12:00 AM CET [other]

THE unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.3 per cent in February, compared with an unrevised 5.2 per cent in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said....

Jobs growth slows, unemployment steady

abc-au Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:52:00 AM CET | info [other]

Only 400 new jobs were created in Australia during February, but a small fall in the participation rate has kept unemployment steady at 5.3 per cent....

Price pressure fears flat: survey

smh Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:33:00 AM CET | info [other]

Consumer inflationary expectations were flat in March, but signs of economic growth meant the proportion of people who expect prices to remain stable declined....

Price pressure fears flat in March

NEWScomAU Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:27:00 AM CET | info [other]

CONSUMER inflationary expectations were flat in March, but signs of firm economic growth meant the proportion of people who expect prices to remain stable declined....