Chief economist update: Thank goodness for SorbentBY BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020 11:10AMThey were loathed, vilified and even arrested but the hordes of panic-buyers and toilet paper hoarders that invaded every possible retailer in order to stockpile just may have collectively limited the widely-expected March quarter contraction in the Australian economy.
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It was during a family sojourn to the seaside town of Pescara, Italy, Rob DeDominicis first laid eyes on what would become the harbinger of his future. Andrew McKean writes.