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Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... if you are a producer. But actually, historically, low oil prices have been good for the global economy." The "income recession" in the domestic economy: "The use of the term "income recession", I think, is the latest inventive way of using the R-word ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... the very few select countries still rated AAA says it all. But nah, Australia is doomed! We're already in an "income recession" and wishing ourselves into that formal definition of one - two consecutive quarters of production contraction. Latest business ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... Australia. Not good at all, especially with the domestic economy recent clocked at running below trend, is now in an "income recession" and all that jazz. So much so, that National Australia Bank has now changed its guesstimate from steady interest rates ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... the resulting sudden fall in the domestic share market in early December led many commentators to raise the spectre of recession. This pessimism was compounded with the news that gross domestic product for the September quarter was just 0.3%, less than ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
It's official... Australia is in an income recession. Happy now, Jan? It may not be the generally-accepted definition of recession -- two consecutive quarters of contraction in output growth - but it'll do as long as we get the "R" word tag in the economy ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Whinge, whinge, whinge. We worry about our country's economic growth - by the by my neighbour still thinks we're in recession... we never got out of it since 2009 - we worry about rising joblessness, rising budget deficit, rising debt, rising property ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... can't happen. If The Economist and Dr. Roubini's are correct, that US$140-150 oil would plunge the globe into another recession, demand would contract and push prices down, not up to US$300, let alone US$378." The price of Brent and WTI oil peaked two ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... were mostly higher following better-than-expected US economic growth data and news that Germany had narrowly averted recession. Tokyo dipped 0.14 per cent, or 24.04 points, to 17,383.58 but Sydney rallied 1.15 per cent, or 61.4 points, to 5,396.2 and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... points, as official data confirmed that the German economy grew 0.1 per cent in the third quarter, narrowly avoiding a recession. ECB chief Mario Draghi's signalling last week the bank's readiness to act quickly to deter deflation, sparking fresh stimulus ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Johnny explained how this is not good for the economy many, many moons ago. The paradox states that during times of recession, if everyone saves instead of spends, aggregate demand falls. This will lower aggregate savings, lower spending and reduce economic ...