Let’s also assume that the government cannot borrow its way to larger stimulus payments. With lower spending forecast for government, businesses, and households, you begin to wonder if Australia’s economy has a home grown engine, or if it will rely on something else, or someone else beyond the borders.
July 30th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 9 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Australia’s economy"
We Do Not Live in Normal Times
We do not live in normal times, which is too bad, because it seems like a pretty nice first working day of March here in Melbourne. Later this week the Reserve Bank of Australia meets on interest rates. It will have to decide if bad news in the rest of the world (a revised 6.5% contraction in fourth quarter U.S. GDP, for example) is enough to lower rates for 3.25%–or if it has time to wait and see.
March 2nd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | Continued
