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Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009

... current levels. We re-elected Johnny Howard - remember him? -- in 2004 when the jobless rate was at 5.6 per cent. Peter Costello - remember him? you should, he might make a comeback - also gloated back in 2004 about the government's good economic management ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009

... Australia. So much so that the likelihood that Australia will experience a "technical" recession is as much as Peter Costello becoming Premier - it could still happen but not this time, thank you. And in the US, Japan, Europe and the UK. Same old, same ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009

Short-lived speculation that former Liberal Party Treasurer Peter Costello was about to be appointed by the Labor government to a leading position in running the Future Fund shows the fund is still poorly understood, three years after its launch. Rumours ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009

... expected to stay that way forever. Australians became so smug that back in the early 2000's, then Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, was even contemplating of ditching the country's bond market - we have more than enough, we don't need to borrow, we ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009

... jobs! You want more? Here's another from the ABC archive dated 13 May 2004 reporting that then 'Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says the unemployment rate is below 6 per cent for the eighth month in a row due to the Government's management of the economy.' ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008

... expectant young mothers are no longer expecting - a result of Baby Boom II following then Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello's baby bonus handout and exhortation to couples to 'have one for mum, one for dad, and one for Australia'. For sure ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008

Just about five years ago in late 2003, then Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello flagged the possibility of retiring the Commonwealth government debt and effectively shutting down the country's bond market. While markets had no argument against ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008

Just when you thought the financial crisis couldn't get any crazier, former Treasurer Peter Costello said planners are to blame for super fund members losing money from their super fund accounts following the stockmarket rout. "The government didn't ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007

... with gains against the yen surpassing the July high and rising to JPY107.74, its highest in 16-years. Treasurer Peter Costello noted last month the currency spike's effect on the national economy, saying "It's a very mixed thing... good for travelers ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007

... end-of-financial year Aussie dollar forecast to US92 cents and the mid-2008 forecast is now US96 cents. Treasurer Peter Costello seemed keen to scare the electorate, if not the local markets, in telling Fairfax newspapers of a 'huge tsunami' about to ...

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