At this stage nothing is certain, but the country is currently headed straight into a period of very rapid price hikes and a very bad recession. It would not surprise me at all if the national unemployment rate and the annualized rate of consumer price inflation both broke through into double digits by the end of 2009.
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Over on the east side of Australia though.....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/resurgent-victorian-housing-market-putting-borrowers-under-strain/story-e6frf7jo-1225843006608
Stillgotshoeson | 20Mar10 | More -
You're correct... I'm speaking 'in the present'. Given our situation, I think your assertion that I'm 'the grasshopper' in Aesop's ...
Biker Pete | 20Mar10 | More -
M3 data is not very accurate tho Prozac, it tends to overstate monetary inflation. Unfortunately I cant find any TMS ...
Anon | 20Mar10 | More -
Certainly a lot of contradictory information out there.
I strongly expect inflation, and biker Pets comments are real, as the ...
nick | 20Mar10 | More -
Thanks for the link Prozac.
lol look at m3 growth from January 2001 to January 2010. 168% rise !
I wonder ...
Anon | 20Mar10 | More -
confusion reigns for those who mix talking about price inflation with inflation.
The definition in this piece is the most accurate ...
prozak | 20Mar10 | More -
Biker Pete my good friend. You don't know what you are talking about.
The article is not talking about 'right now'. ...
Pete | 19Mar10 | More -
Have just reread Canavan's piece 'Inflation or Deflation?' No question that it's inflation for Australia. Utilities and services rising steadily; ...
Biker Pete | 19Mar10 | More -
Think you're right, Shoes.
Potential political instability is the real threat to China's growth.
Biker Pete | 19Mar10 | More -
yeah have to agree with coffee addict, would like to see some extraction costs pb on this. uhm lets see, ...
Matto | 19Mar10 | More
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Over on the east side of Australia though.....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/resurgent-victorian-housing-market-putting-borrowers-under-strain/story-e6frf7jo-1225843006608
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