western australian economic summary september quarter 2001 department of treasury and finance 1 contents page executive 3 i the economy 4 overview conditions household consumption housing activity 7 business investment 13 external 16 labour market 27 prices incomes interest rates 31 2 budget 02 34 tools to tackle dryland salinity in australia 41 appendix exports by commodity 46 destination 47 glossary 48 domestic were particularly weak 2000 01 with a decline 0 demand recorded over year this was marginally weaker than had estimated substantially been anticipated ago main areas weakness dwelling its third annual consecutive falling 10 impacted introduction goods services
