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Structural reform inevitable

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... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 22 December 2013, The Canberra Times

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Small wonder there is a boom in property

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... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 8 October 2013, The Canberra Times

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Rising dollar delivers fresh challenges

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... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 29 September 2013, The Canberra Times

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Warning of interest rate risks in property

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'... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 22 September 2013, The Canberra Times

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RBA is doing the right thing

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... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 8 September 2013, The Canberra Times

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End of boom not a canary in coalmine

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... Read more

Daryl Dixon, 14 July 2013, The Canberra Times

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To intervene or not, Bernanke's risk assessment

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."... Read more

Max Walsh, 20 June 2013, The Australian Financial Review (subscription required)

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