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In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... the outlook for the domestic economy. This is underscored by subdued credit growth and retail spending, softening house prices and manufacturing weakness. These, and last week's turmoil (buy op?) on financial markets have turned speculation of a rate ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... with the prospect of higher interest rates, higher taxes, higher utility bills, reduced welfare spending, falling house prices and a confused Gillard government policy agenda, Australians are therefore increasing their savings instead. Australia's household ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... not own their own home, REST said. That figure is likely to grow to 25 per cent in 20 years as unaffordable city house prices prevented many younger people from buying homes. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Industry Super, said home ownership rates ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... savers. But read the last three paragraphs and you'll see the bear change its stripes. "... the size of this fall (in house prices) was mainly due to the flood-induced 1.4 per cent drop in January." "Economists say that unlike the downturn of the 1990s ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... unemployment claims, disappointing Chicago and Richmond Fed manufacturing index, weak durable goods orders and falling house prices. And if that's not scary enough try another headline printing that Goldman Sachs lowered its end-2011 forecast for the ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... the month. We can use "despite" too when referring to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's report showing that US house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 2.5 per cent in the March quarter - the 15th consecutive quarterly fall. "Despite" also saves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... municipal government in Beijing imposed fresh restrictions on home-buyers in the latest attempt to rein in soaring house prices. Stocks were given a strong cue by Wall Street, where the Dow closed on Wednesday 0.50 per cent higher after the Fed upgraded ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... quarter earnings releases last night didn't matter -majority of companies still beat expectations anyway. Data on US house prices didn't matter - they don't know where they're going. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices fell by ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... is no property market bubble. Speaking at the 2010 Fidelity Investment Forum, Costa argued that Australia's lofty house prices to income ratio, used by many commentators to predict a major plunge in property prices, has been overstated. "The data that ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Australia is experiencing at present time - the drought has broken, commodity prices are high, China's still buying, house prices continue to rise, employers are hiring - that Australians are becoming more confident in taking on debt? Ahhh, debt - that ...