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Why Abbott should dump FTAs
Leith van Onselen
11 years ago
17
Corruption scandals engulf plutocrats
The last few weeks have not been kind to Australia’s reputation for transparency, rule of law and democratic process.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
39
PCI makes three for recovery
The Australian Industry Group’s three PMIs are all bouncing sharply. Last week we saw the manufacturing (up 5 points to 51.7) and services (up 8 points to 47) PMIs jump. Today it’s the Performance of Construction Index (PCI) which has bounced, up 3.9 points to 47.6.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
3
Melbourne to tighten urban boundary
By Leith van Onselen Melbourne’s population is booming.
Leith van Onselen
11 years ago
41
Son of Wallis takes shape
From Banking Day: Suncorp Metway was “very close” to a bank run at the height of the financial crisis, in 2008, the bank’s former managing director, John Mulcahy, told the Sunday Mail.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
Australian high net worth property mania
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
28
Why the Republicans are whacko
John Roskam of The Institute of Public Affairs appears today at the AFR to defend Republican maneuvres in the US and ideological politics in general: It says a great deal about modern-day democracy in Australia and America that some politicians now think they can insult another politician by calling them “ideological”.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
47
Two speed housing
Find below a new note from Westpac on housing markets: The last few months have seen a significant shift in Australia’s housing markets with a surge in auction activity and signs of a quickening in price growth.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
16
NSW gas debate doesn’t add up
From the AFR: Any hopes that the new consensus on the urgency of New South Wales’ natural gas problem would lead to softer rules for coal seam gas have been dashed.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
8
Carbon price goes way of the dodo
From Climate Spectator (which will no doubt wind up now): With the announcement yesterday from the AEC that Palmer United candidate Zhenya Wang has likely won a Senate seat, the carbon price now appears doomed.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
43
Bill Evans postpones rate cuts
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
6
Rates won’t deliver new housing
There is plenty of buzz today around new housing following the last few day’s of data but plenty of errors as well.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
18
The rise and rise of Australian plutocracy
We all know these days that the Australian economy is bogged down in over-concentration.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
49
Stock on market falls unseasonally
From SQM: Figures released by SQM Research reveal that the level of residential property listings around the nation fell during the month of September, with national stock levels decreasing by -3.4% and coming to a total of 342,979.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
7
Shutdown rolls on amid weakening data
Another day passes in shutdown.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
Bankers shout down bubble
From BS, CBA CEO Ian Narev: “We all know that in a sustained low-interest rate environment these risks exist and we’ve got to be alive to them,” he said.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
57
What Austria did to its central bank deputy
Cross-posted from The Conversation.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
4
AFG Mortgage Index falls
The AFG Morgtage Index is out for October and has fallen for the first time in several months, down 1.2% but still up 26% year on year: A few more points of interest include investor’s share or mortgages falling slightly but first home buyers remaining unchanged and very low.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
3
August building approvals miss big
The ABS has released its August Building Approvals series and it’s another miss for the rebalancing project.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
17
The risk to Australia in a US shutdown
Readers will know that I’ve been sanguine about the implications of the US shut down for markets.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
6
RBA holds rates
No surprises today from the disgraced Reserve Bank of Australia (DRBA): At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
11
Roy Morgan unemployment rises again
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
15
China PMI misses
China’s official PMI for September is out and has confirmed the sudden slowing in the HSBC version coming in at 51.1 points in September, compared to expectations of 51.6.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
Retail sales rebound
August ABS retail sales are out and show a little improvement coming in 0.4% seasonally adjusted, driven largely by a rebound in department stores.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
Has the new homes bounce ended?
HIA new homes sales is out and recovered a little ground in August: In August 2013, total seasonally adjusted new home sales increased by 3.4 per cent, partially recovering from the previous month’s fall of 4.7 per cent.
David Llewellyn-Smith
11 years ago
7
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