John Halkett, head of the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) provided the following analysis and opinion for Statistics Count. The views expressed are those of ATIF and Mr Halke…

Much discussed, the state of the Chinese economy now seems to take up as much time on the evening news as the domestic economy. There is a simple reason. Whether it is Australia or many other coun…

The consensus position of the last two years is that Australia’s interest rates will next turn upwards, having bottomed at their current 1.75%. But the alternative view, one gaining some fav…

The Australian love affair with residential property takes many forms. The latest data shows that part of that is a commitment to continually improving property, to a point where it meets the…

The March Quarter National Accounts were released in early June and showed continued growth in the economy. GDP seasonally adjusted was 0.3% for the quarter and 1.7% annualised. Here, FWPA�…

First-Home buyers continue to be under-represented – in historical terms – in the latest housing finance data. In April, with loans valued at AUD2.076 billion, First-Home buyers received j…

Housing approvals fell 7.2% over the year-ended April 2017, continuing the decline of the last few months. At 219,982 separate approvals for the year, almost 18,000 less dwellings have gone…