Numbers

… was the expected inflation rate reported in a Melbourne Institute survey of consumers, a rise of 0.4 percentage points from August.

$164

... a year is how much a 35-year-old is paying for $200,000 life insurance cover in super, an 18 per cent increase over last year according to Canstar

94

… points was the reading for the Melbourne Institute / Westpac index of consumer confidence in the first week of September, a drop of 4.6 per cent over the month. A reading below 100 indicates pessimism.

$617,200

… is the national median house price, a rise of 13.2 per cent over the year according to Bendigo Bank/REAI.

236,500

… is how many new jobs have been created in the first eight months of the year which CommSec says is the biggest gain since 2005.