The number of people employed in Australia rose to 12.671 million over the year-ended October 2018, a rise of 2.5% compared to the prior year. An additional 32,800 people were employed in Octo…

since May of 2001, and falling 0.6% compared with the prior month. As the chart below shows, the value of loans for Alterations & Additions has declined steeply since peaking in late 2017…

Investors continue to step out of the housing finance market, accounting for 42.4% of total loans in September 2018. Compared to the 49.2% record in January 2017, the decline in the role of inv…

Although not yet observable on an annualized basis, Australian dwelling approvals are progressively softening. Over the year-ended September, Australia’s total approvals reached 227,…

Actual sales of most grades of sawn softwood were ‘stronger than expected’ according to ABARES’ latest forecasts of domestic softwood sales. Three of the four grades assessed – including th…

Australia’s economic growth was in positive territory in the September quarter, but has failed to excite commentators and markets because it was weaker than expected at 2.8% for the year-en…

A constant question in the forestry and wood products industries is to what extent steel house framing is growing its share of the Australian housing market. A new report, produced for FWPA, b…

Due to a quirk in the ABS trade data system the trade data for September and October has just been released. The aggregate level for all softwood sawtimber products shows a continuation of the s…