Economists reject rates drop prediction
Sunday, July 17th, 2011Two prominent economists have rejected claims by Westpac that interest rates will begin to drop by the end of this year. View full post on ABC News: Business
Two prominent economists have rejected claims by Westpac that interest rates will begin to drop by the end of this year. View full post on ABC News: Business
Construction rise misses forecasts
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Economists say a weaker-than-expected result for construction work in the first three months of the year is bad news for the first-quarter economic growth figures. View full post on ABC News: Business
Borrowers tipped to be spared rate rise
Monday, February 28th, 2011Economists expect higher interest in 2011. 27 Feb 2011 3:13 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Flood costs tipped to top $30b
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Some economists believe the cost of the floods across Australia could be triple the original estimates of $10 billion. View full post on ABC News: Business
Economists’ predict more people in work in December
Thursday, January 13th, 2011The official employment numbers due out from the Australian Bureau of Statistics today are expected to show the labour market tightened even further in December. View full post on ABC News: Business
Dollar to stay high in 2011
Saturday, January 1st, 2011Economists are expecting the Australian dollar will continue to rise this year and should hover around parity with the greenback for several months. View full post on ABC News: Business
Local competition keeping petrol prices down
Thursday, December 30th, 2010Economists believe competition between local service stations is keeping petrol price rises to a minimum. View full post on ABC News: Business
Hockey gets it right on banks
Friday, October 22nd, 2010By questioning whether banks should be growth stocks or yield stocks, Joe Hockey has opened up an important debate that economists have long called for. 22 Oct 2010 6:20 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
US investors put down under on top
Friday, October 1st, 2010Australians have heard a lot from the Government, Reserve Bank and economists of its miracle economy and the message that the country's future is hinged on China has finally sunk in overseas. View full post on ABC News: Business
Interest Rate Decision Tipped To Be Unchanged
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010The Reserve Bank (RBA) is tipped to keep official interest rates on hold when it meets today. There have been six official interest rate rises since last October and the RBA has said several times it believes rates are now back at more normal levels. Fears about global growth and the deterioration ...