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Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Daily reports of the rising number infections and fatalities from COVID-19 are matched only by tightening restrictions on social interaction and the ever-increasing amount of money released from government and central bank coffers. How wide and far-ranging ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Check out this blog to get an hourly update on the latest announcements, session highlights and social media commentary live at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. 10.30pm - AFA caps its annual conference with an awards gala ceremony for the 2017 ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
An advice business with the right vision and the right structure but with the wrong culture is destined to fail, research has found. Organisational leadership expert David Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The portrait of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's beaming self-congratulatory smile as he did the rounds of media interviews yesterday remains deeply stuck in my brain. Can't blame smokin' Joe, he might just get his autograph on a third Budget ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Get behind me ye men of little faith! There appears no pleasing us, Australians all. 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 - ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... head count!A Fifty-three percent to be exact. This is a great achievement in any book.A Yet, Australians can't help but whinge, whinge and whinge and worry, worry and worry some more. One can measure from the National Accounts the amount of worry among ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... in reports that came out a few days ago, that Australians have now surpassed the Brits as the world's biggest whingers. Whinge, whinge, whinge. This went on full display right here, right now after the RBA decided to give the consensus what they were ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... Australia's shipments. And despite international angst about China's overvalued currency, I still have to hear an Australian whinge about the yuan. This is because we're selling to them more than we're buying "Made in China" goods. The trade stats show ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
There's just no pleasing some people. Consumer optimism has fallen despite another drop in unemployment and our continuing material and economic prosperity, showing that happiness is clearly not rising with our material success. According to a recent ...
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