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Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... pink slips in January. Certainly, this will be again subject to spin. Much the same way as the US fourth quarter real GDP numbers were spun. Australia's own sage, Don Stammer, rightly pointed out that much of the media latched onto the 3.8 per cent ANNUALISED ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... September quarter and down 0.9 per cent again in the December quarter -- faster than producers can say pink slip. The US GDP numbers are not set in stone. There are two more revisions to come. But barring a surprisingly big upward revision, the final ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... valid arguments. But we see it differently. The Australian economy's glass is half-filled. Looking beyond the headline GDP numbers - 0.1 per cent on the quarter and 1.9 per cent year-on-year - and focusing instead on the individual components, the economy ...

Strong economic performance to boost Government spending: NAB

... interest rates and provided a bullish outlook for non-farm payrolls growth. The NAB said that Japan's third quarter GDP numbers confirm that the country's economy is being led by exports both directly and through business investment responding to the ...
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