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Japanese Recession Worse Than Thought

Japan heads into its snap election this Sunday with the economy in a deeper recession than previously thought – but don’t tell voters who will overwhelmingly re-elect Prime Minister Abe; or the stockmarket, which regained the 18,000 point mark yesterday for the first time since the middle of 2007.

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G8 Education Lifts Dividend

And contrasting with Vocation’s self-inflicted woes, was the much awaited trading update from childcare operator (the other end of the education chain from Vocation, if you think about it) G8 Education (GEM) which told the ASX yesterday it will increase the quarterly dividend to be paid in January of next year and has told investors audited earnings for the financial year to 31 December are expected to exceed the average broker forecasts.

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Are Term Deposits Losing Their Lustre?

Term deposit rates in Australia have been grinding lower all of this year and with rate cuts now being priced back into the market from June 2015 to early 2016, TD rates are coming under further pressure. Indeed, in recent weeks Alliance Bernstein said, “We could easily see a couple of rate cuts” and did not rule out a cash rate of around 2.0% by the end of 2015, from the current 2.5%. While no one has a crystal ball, the market believes that an imminent rate hike is unlikely but the likelihood is that rates will go down rather than up.

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GDP Disappointing Not Disastrous

The dollar fell, then recovered a little, the stockmarket powered on in its second day of gains and news that the Australian economy grew at a sluggish 0.3% in the September quarter seasonally adjusted, seemed to excite the media and the politicians more than anyone else yesterday.

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