New building activity continued to decline in 2018-19, falling an estimated 12% to around $110 billion, according to BIS Oxford Economics. The underlying data series appear to support the c…

Australia’s residential dwelling approvals plunged in June, in a demand shock that most predicted, but few understood would see activity fall so low. At an annualized 185,825 approvals wer…

Australia’s wood processing sector consisted of 299 businesses in 2016-17. Some thriving, some stable and others under severe stress, processor numbers are down significantly on a decade…

Sawn softwood imports fell sharply to 39,093 m3 in April 2019, recording their lowest volume in more than two years and falling more than 25% compared to the prior month. Meanwhile, the averag…

Coming in at 255,488 m3 in May, sawn softwood sales were almost 13% higher than in April, recording their strongest sales in eight months. Despite the apparent turn around in sales, over the ye…

The number of Australians caught in the multiple job vortex moderated in the March quarter, with the growth in those operating in the gig world slowing quite sharply. The concern however is th…

Unemployment ticked up in April 2019, moving to 5.2%, with Underemployment shifting to 8.6%. The latest data came just as the RBA’s leadership commenced a discussion about a new ‘natural’ fu…