The total number of building permits issues in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 29.7 percent on month in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday – coming in at 19,022.
That blew away expectations for an increase of 5.8 percent following the 7.2 percent contraction in January.
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