There is really little to be gained by focusing on depressing news such as the $17 billion blow out in the federal deficit or the projected stream of deficits totalling over $120 billion in...
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Daryl Dixon, 22 December 2013, The Canberra Times
Between them, the Reserve Bank and federal Treasury have combined to create an unavoidable residential property price boom. The Treasury's contribution was to convince the previous...
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Daryl Dixon, 8 October 2013, The Canberra Times
Just when the prospects for the economy were improving, virtually out of left field, the Australian dollar has risen by more than 5 per cent and currency experts are now expecting it to...
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Daryl Dixon, 29 September 2013, The Canberra Times
During the week the International Monetary Fund joined the ranks of commentators concerned about housing property price booms resulting from easy credit and low interest rates. The IMF'...
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Daryl Dixon, 22 September 2013, The Canberra Times
By leaving the short-term official interest rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent this week, the Reserve Bank has left its options open to adapt to international developments. While the G20...
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Daryl Dixon, 8 September 2013, The Canberra Times
Last week's downgrading by the International Monetary Fund of world economic growth by 0.25 per cent to 3 per cent in the current year triggered speculation of worse times ahead for the...
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Daryl Dixon, 14 July 2013, The Canberra Times
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan has warned that the markets could over-ride the present policy settings of the QE regime. "Monetary policy is definitely an art not a science."...
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Max Walsh, 20 June 2013, The Australian Financial Review (subscription required)