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Why the Slow Economic Recovery?

Posted on 27. Sep, 2011 by .

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Exactly why have industrial companies around the world been slow to recover? And why did everything look so promising ... and then suddenly, seem to grind to a halt?

Perhaps some insight into this dilemma was provided by the IMF's recent World Economic Outlook.

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Global Progress?

Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by .

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The IMF has recently trimmed its overall global forecast — down to 4.2% from 4.3%, for 2011. The emerging and developing economies are tipped to grow by 6.4% (with China's growth being over 9%). Whereas, the various advanced economies are expected to grow by a subdued 2.2%, on average. However, any double-dip recession is considered [...]

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The Future for Interest Rates

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by .

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The RBA's underlying rate of inflation rose by 3.5% in the year to September — less that what the markets and the RBA itself expected. However, this figure needs to fall significantly for the RBA will put interest rates on hold again. With low inventories and industry capacity-use levels up over 80% once more ... [...]

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Australian Commercial Property
Is Runnning Its Own Race

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by .

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Unlike the US and Europe, Australia has not suffered a banking crisis. Therefore, our banking system is still capable of providing credit for normal growth. With the US unemployment rate approaching 10%, this will delay any quick turnaround for the Commercial property sector. As you would expect, there is a strong correlation between high unemployment, [...]

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