Tag Archives: consumer spending

Current Opportunities Within The Commercial Property Market

Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by .

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Australians are now poised ready to come off the bottom of the "Emotional Cycle" — armed with a level of savings seldom seen in previous upturns.

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Commercial Property and The Current Economy

Posted on 27. Mar, 2012 by .

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LAST WEEK, we explored just how the misuse of statistics by some commentators was distorting of the truth about Australia's economic well-being, on a state-by-state basis.

So it is with several other indicators, as David Bassanese pointed out in a recent article (AFR: 22 March, page 36).

Many commentators are pushing for interest rates reductions, because the "economy is soft".

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Commercial Property: The Changing Retail Scene

Posted on 28. Feb, 2012 by .

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This growing trend is now likely to become a structural change, as far as ongoing consumer spending patterns are concerned.

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What Will Happen to Interest Rates
When The RBA Meets Next Week?

Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by .

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The general consensus seems to be that the RBA will further reduce rates by 25 basis points. But can this view be fully justified; and what does this mean for Commercial property investors?

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Commercial Property Poised to Take Off in 2012

Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by .

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ALL YOU need is a sprinkling of confidence to return ... with and understanding that things are not as bad as you read in some newspapers.

For some time now, I've been trying to explain how the underlying fundamentals for Australia's economy and Commercial property are strong.

And a recent AFR headline "Recruitment boom bucks the trend" (9 Dec 2011, page 41) now confirms that our major law firms are "in the midst of a hiring spree".

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Retailing Isn't Totally Dead ...
It Has Simply Changed

Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by .

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In last week's article, you read a general overview of the Retail sector ... and some of the issues currently confronting traders.

Let's now take a quick look at three of the capital cities.

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Commercial Property & The Economy

Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by .

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Try to keep your focus on the underlying strength of both the Australian economy and Commercial property market. Because, now is the time to you set yourself up for the next 5 to 6 years of growth.

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Interest Rates Are NOT About to Fall

Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by .

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All the talk about the RBA needing to slash interest rates seems to be emerging from a relatively small section of our community.

Retailers and manufacturers probably feel they are going through a recession; and housing is currently moving sideways.

However, you need to look a little deeper than this — because these three sectors account for only 20% of the economy.

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The Spectre of
Rising Interest Rates

Posted on 08. Feb, 2011 by .

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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is not seeing the Australian flood disasters as having a prolonged effect upon the national economy.

It certainly expects the March quarter GDP to decline by 0.5%. But it is then projecting a 4.25% surge, over the remainder of this year.

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Retail Property Facing Challenges

Posted on 22. Dec, 2010 by .

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Having weathered the recent rate increases, consumer confidence seems to have risen just a measly 0.3% during November — according to the latest Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. Households still appear to prefer paying down debt, rather than spending — with Australia's saving level hovering around a record 10.5% of its disposable income.

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Why November?

Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by .

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Most people seemed taken by surprise, when the RBA chose to raise the cash rate to 4.75% on Cup Day this week. However, with Oaks Day being held yesterday, I thought today would be better timing for this post. Sure, the September quarter CPI had fallen to within the RBA's target range. And yes, there [...]

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