Year on year inflation climbed in August, with prices rising by 3.2% over the year earlier compared with 2.6% in July. Compared with the previous month, prices increased by 0.82%. The Statistical
The number of unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of August 2010 reached 22.365 persons according to the Statistical Service. According to the seasonally adjusted data,
Industrial production fell 1.2% compared with the year earlier in June. For the period January – June 2010. the index dropped by 1.0% compared with the same period of the previous year.
The general turnover value index for the period April – June 2010 recorded an increase of 3.8% compared with the corresponding period of 2009, according to the latest figures from the Statistical
. By James Regan, Reuters The formation of Australia's Labor minority government, supported by independent and Green MPs, will see iron ore and coal miners hit by a new resource tax, but
The total sales of petroleum products in July 2010 recorded an increase of 2.6% compared with the previous month. There was a large increase in sales of Unleaded Motor Gasoline, Liquefied Petroleum
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard clung onto power on Tuesday, securing support from independent lawmakers to form a minority government after her Labor Party lost its majority at elections last month. Labor
Oil extended losses on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened and Tropical Storm Hermine showed no signs of disrupting crude or refining output around the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. crude for October tumbled
The euro fell on Tuesday from a three-week peak against the dollar hit the previous day, as rekindled worries about the European banking sector prompted investors to cut risks. The euro fell
Barclays is expected to appoint Bob Diamond as its new chief executive in a shake-up at the British lender, media reports said on Tuesday. Diamond, who heads the group's investment banking arm
