Australia: Not Good News From Commodity Forecast
There’s some not so good news for Australia contained in the latest gloomy world economic forecast from the International Monetary Fund: The growth has gone out of prices for energy, metals and food exports over the next five years and anyone expecting a return to the halcyon days of 2008 had better think again.
Read MoreWorld Economy: Gloom Abounds, With Good Reason
The global slump is worsening as the US and Japanese, and possibly part of Europe, lurch further into the mire.
Read MoreInflation: Why It’s Good News
There’s good news in the inflation figures, according to the AMP’s chief economist, Dr Shane Oliver.
Read MoreIt Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
The depth and length of the global recession now underway will be the key determinant of how shares and other financial assets perform this year.
Read MoreEconomic News Points Economy Lower
More signs from three sets of figures out yesterday of the slowing level of activity in the national economy.
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