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Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... celebrates its day, the National Statistician released its latest survey of the domestic labour market... and it was good. "In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 50,000 ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
"Australians all let us rejoice... in joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." It wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... of 1.25% on the June 4... plus, expectations for at least one more rate reduction this year. But is this something to be joyful about? After all, the RBA wouldn't be lowering borrowing costs if the economy was progressing smoothly. The economy grew ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... hard". Woe is us! I really can't get my head around the financial media treating the A$'s depreciation as something not be joyful about. Even more so given current concerns over the slowing domestic economy and commodity prices and, if I may add... the ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... snow, let it snow. I really can't get my head around the financial media treating the A$'s depreciation as something not be joyful of for this is exactly the support the domestic economy needs to get it out of the third quarter funk. The exact same thing ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... to get to the cliffs, to finish and to be back on the boat heading back to England. There was no euphoria, there was no joyful moment, no moment of achievement or anything like that. It was just relief; pure relief. I was so thankful it was over." Even ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
There's nothing like waking up to the joyful chirping of Black Hawk helicopters and protesters performing their morning ablutions under the energetic stream of a $600,000 water cannon. No wonder Sydney residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's ...
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