Tag Archives: stimulus
Is There a Credit Squeeze Looming?
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Chris Lang.
The banks seemed to be protesting about the increased cost of offshore borrowing. And using that as their excuse for not wanting to pass on any future RBA rate reductions in full.
But are they really telling you the whole truth?
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Why the Slow Economic Recovery?
Posted on 27. Sep, 2011 by Chris Lang.
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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Will Australia's Growth
Remain Strong?
Posted on 06. Oct, 2010 by Chris Lang.
Pick up any newspaper, and you'll find most commentators saying the Resources boom is back on once again. Also, people are pointing to China as our guiding light going forward. But is this really true? And if so, why? Here's a short Video giving you a quick insight into whether there really is any substance [...]
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When Should You
Fix Your Interest Rate?
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Chris Lang.
On Wednesday, I put up this post about whether or not to fix your interest rate, when purchasing a Commercial property. Only to find there was a problem with streaming of the Video. Hopefully, that's now been resolved; and so let's try Take 2. The simple answer to the question of timing is ... when [...]
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Some Gloom ... Yet More Glee!
Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Chris Lang.
The US Federal Reserve is concerned that consumption is still being underpinned by government funding. And so, even though stimulus measures may be winding down ... the Fed has decided to maintain interest rates at their historically low level. It seems that households and businesses are preferring to repay debt, rather than spend to encourage [...]
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What about the Baby-Boomer Effect?
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Chris Lang.
Yesterday, the Federal government released Australia's third Intergenerational Report. And about five years ago, I came out with a somewhat startling statement: "If you haven't sold your traditional family home by 2010 ... you had better be prepared to hold it until 2025 — because there simply won't be a market for it!"
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Positive Signs Continue in China
Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Chris Lang.
Despite what the IMF has to say this morning ... the World Bank expects China's economy to start growing by mid-year, as a result of its massive stimulus package (some $A800 billion). Overall growth for China has become more certain, as activity moves from state-funded projects into housing and improved consumption.
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Why Interest Rates Will Start To Soar!
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Chris Lang.
If you're like most people you are probably trying to second guess whether or not the RBA will reduce official interest rates by 0.25% or 0.5% over the next month or so. So, should you fix your rates on your Commercial property now, or wait a while? Realistically, you need to study what is actually [...]
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Demand Finally Surfaces!
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Chris Lang.
The pent-up demand for housing serves to underline that this downturn is more like the credit squeeze of the mid-1970s, than the recession of the early 1990s. It's principally a confidence thing. However, the recent surge in purchases by first-home buyers confirms that with the encouragement of low interest rates and government hand-outs ... the [...]
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