Economists reject rates drop prediction

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

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, 2011

Economists 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, 2011

Economists 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, 2011

Some 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, 2011

The 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, 2011

Economists 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, 2010

Economists 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, 2010

By 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, 2010

Australians 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, 2010

The 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 ...