Western Australia recorded its lowest level of wages growth in the year to June since at least 1999, at 1.4 per cent, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australia's inflation rate has cooled in the June quarter, dragging the annual headline rate below the central bank's target in the 2 to 3 per cent range.
There are signs of recovery in the local economy, with employment and sales activity numbers showing improved performance in June and a major report predicting further recovery next year.
Western Australia's population grew by just 0.7 per cent for the 12 months to December, after only 400 people migrated from overseas, while nearly 11,000 moved interstate.
An unexpected surge in full-time employment has driven Australia's jobless rate to a four-year low, meaning a Reserve Bank interest rate cut is now off the table, economists say.
The unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percentage points in Western Australia in February, to 6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, as the state jumped from last place on that metric to be better than Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
A recent report by professional services firm Deloitte Access Economics suggests retail spending could be slowly picking up in Western Australia, with recent official data finding sales grew 0.3 per cent in January after seasonal adjustment.
GDP has bounced back from a poor showing in the September quarter with December quarter seasonally adjusted growth of 1.1 per cent, while Western Australia snapped a five quarter streak of shrinking state demand to grow 0.4 per cent.
Private sector wages growth of just 0.1 per cent in Western Australia in the three months to December, matched with recent unemployment figures, suggests the state's spluttering post-boom recovery has some way to run.
Western Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points in January to be 6.5 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, although the state now has the worst unemployment rate in the nation.
A lift in Western Australia's merchandise exports to China of nearly $700 million from October to November helped Australia record its first trade surplus in three years, but more could be on the way this year.
Western Australia has fallen to the bottom of the pile in CommSec's latest ‘State of the States' report, following the end of the mining construction boom.
The value of investor housing loan approvals has fallen to a near two-year low, adding weight to the view the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut interest rates again without fear of restarting a price boom.
Western Australian state final demand has contracted for the 10th consecutive quarter, while national GDP figures grew at their fastest rate for nearly four years
Vehicle sales in Western Australia appear to be reaching the end of a long tumble, with April sales this year down just 0.1 per cent on the same month in 2015.
Perth has had its deepest quarter of deflation since the 1991 ‘recession we had to have', with prices falling 0.6 per cent in the three months to March, driven by cooling house prices and cheaper fuel.
Perth experienced a slight improvement in the Residential Property Price Index during the December quarter, but still suffered a 2.9 per cent fall for 2015 overall, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.
Western Australian employment fell in February in seasonally adjusted terms while the unemployment rose slightly to 6.0 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Smaller iron ore miners were the big winners today after the iron ore price surged overnight, whereas Fortescue Metals Group failed to sustain Monday's big gains despite announcing a joint venture and investment deal with Brazil's Vale.
January brought a major reduction in the Western Australian unemployment rate, down 0.4 points to 5.9 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a record number of women in jobs.
Western Australian businesses borrowed more in the 12 months to the end of November while consumers borrowed much less, according to the latest lending figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Western Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.3 points, to 6.3 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms in December, as 8,000 people took on new employment.
Merchandise exports were down more than 16.7 per cent for Western Australia in the 12 months to November 2015, compared to the corresponding previous period, despite a reduction in the national trade deficit.
Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on record.
Perth residential property prices fell 2.4 per cent in the September quarter, as the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia tipped eight suburbs to watch next year.
Higher consumption and exports have helped the national economy grow 0.9 per cent in the September quarter, ahead of forecasts, while Western Australian state final demand shrunk around 1.3 per cent.
