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Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... next year and two more before 2010 is over - all in all, a 200 basis point increase bringing the cash rate to 5.0 per cent. Ouch! Makes for a good headline, doesn't it? But if the RBA's crystal ball is correct - growth in 2010 would be close to the long-term ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Ouch! This is the sound Australian exporters must be making these days, quickly followed by a groan when they read what this fiscal year has in store for them. Exports according to ABARE. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... retaliatory tariffs on US imports. US imports decreased by 66 per cent between 1929 and 1933 and its exports plunged 61 per cent. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8 per cent ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... others to remain in employment. And that's just income taxes. The UK is also increasing taxes on alcohol, tobacco and petrol. Ouch! What's next? Tax hike on underwears? What's next is that we would likely get the same 'spend now, pay after the election' ...

Can the cash-fest save our competitiveness?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... survey of businesspeople ranks Australia 36th on the ability of the nation's communications technology to meet business needs. Ouch. In a nutshell, we still have a way to go.
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