… was the annual rise in the value of home loans in March, with those to owner occupiers up 1.6 per cent and investors 6.4 per cent.

$1692

… was the average credit card repayment in March, up from $1436 in the previous month.

8.5

… was the average number of transactions on a debit card in March, up from 7.5 a year ago. The average value of a transaction was $53.90.

10 per cent

… was the annual rate of growth in retail sales in China, our biggest trading partner, but it was the slowest in nine years.

+3.0 points

… was the level of the widely watched NAB business confidence index in April which was a rise of 2.7 points but below the average of +5.8 points.

3.3 per cent

… was the rise in hours worked in the year to April, the biggest increase in four years, according to CommSec.