2013BY ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012 8:45AMEconomists like predicting the future and so as 2012 draws to a close, what will be the big themes of 2013 for Australian institutional investors? |
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Can we have a review of the Dec 2011 predictions for 2012?? This would give some 'economists' some credibility IF their predictions were in fact accutate.