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Housing bubble imbalance could threaten economic growth: TD Securities

... when the economy will confront a major slowdown. Implicitly, the RBA is of the view that the house price/household debt bubble was not going to correct or was correcting too slowly. As such, some policy intervention was required." He said when house ...

Surveys show growth funds up again in October

... Analysing recent returns data, Intech senior consultant Corrin Collocott said that despite the boom and bust of the tech bubble, and significant movements in the Australian dollar, there had been little change in the volatility of returns from growth ...

Inflation may slide below RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... evident recently, continues into 2004 and consumer spending stalls in the wake of negative wealth effect from the housing bubble bursting." University of Melbourne economist Don Harding said the fall in prices in October was the confluence of falling ...

Policy reflation likely for the US

... argued that monetary policy developments have played a key role in the dollar's trend in the dollar's trend in the post-bubble period," said Mr Kalirai. "Tight monetary policy lifted the dollar in 200 and 2001. As the Fed moved policy to an accommodative ...

August retail sales up 1.0%, dwelling approvals down 2.4%: ABS

... still unclear whether potential home-owners and investors are heeding warnings of an eventual deflation in the house price bubble. The decline in medium-density dwelling approvals follows a 20.4% jump in July, and continues the pattern of volatility ...

FOMC to meet next week, unlikely to change interest rates: ICAP

... inflation has been lower today than during the recovery stage. They also concluded the report by adding that the stock market bubble and subsequent tech wreck clearly illustrated that inflation is not a good lens through which to read the economy in ...

Home loan affordability falls to a seven year low: AMP/REIA

... continuing to move higher at a much faster rate than wages, fuelling concerns we are in the midst of a classic asset price bubble.

AMP's views on the recent ABS housing price data

... broader market," said Dr Oliver. "In the case of the surge in Australian house prices, the tests for the presence of a bubble are generally satisfied, suggesting that there is a good chance that we are in a bubble." He said that the monetary conditions ...

US growth strengthening, but risks remain: IMF

... 're-assuring', the IMF said it remains to be seen whether the adjustments associated with the collapse of the equity price bubble have fully run their course. Downside risks also remained a concern given the continued weakness of industrial activity ...

Global bonds sell-off from their unsustainable levels: ICAP

... rapidly the corporate sector especially in the United States can recover from their "exuberant" activity during the tech bubble. It said that the bulk of the adjustments in the US economy seem to have been made with some improvement in household savings ...