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Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... "promised" A$1.5 billion underlying cash balance (0.1% of GDP) surplus for 2012/13. It amazingly turned into an A$19.4 billion deficit (1.3% of GDP). All because the government's optimistic guess turned out to be just that. By the looks of it Swannie ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... did last week." He was so sure and even "promised" on his dead hamster's grave that he'll turnaround the A$44.4 billion deficit of 2011/12 into four years of steadily rising surpluses in the budget. The promise: Budget surpluses of A$1.5 billion this ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... government has pulled out all the stops and it appears to be working. And does it care that it's predicted 2013 budget deficit of 8.9% of GDP is one of the highest (if not the highest in the globe) and its debt as a percent of GDP (around 220% of GDP ...

ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... vindicates the Coalition's stance. IMF director for Asia and the Pacific Anoop Singh was not concerend about the potential deficit pointing to domestic debt levels at just 10% of gross domestic product. Australia also remains one of just a small handful ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... a miracle happens, Labor would not be in government by then and it'll be up to Tony to blame why the Budget remains in deficit on Labor.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Tokyo supported by the weak yen, while Shanghai slipped following a rare trade deficit for China in March. On Wall Street the Dow index provided support as it climbed to yet another record on hopes for the US economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... that the economy returned to recession in the first quarter of 2013. However, separate data showed that Britain's trade deficit widened in February, largely because of a 1.1 per cent slide in exports amid weaker demand from the crisis-hit eurozone. HONG ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... programme. Even better, the fall in Dublin's borrowing costs should enable the Irish economy to continue growing and lower its deficit and debt burden. The virtuous cycle in motion if we ever saw one.