Recent content by imperator

I think you may be being a tad dramatic. Sure, China has been cooling in light off: - tight monetary and fiscal settings (which were set that way to combat inflation - which has eased, and the current signs suggest that this inflation will remain within the target range over thing coming...

They certainly did. Of course, at that time that was the natural evolutionary position, where all their neighbors were also "going it alone". However now we have the situation where they are a member of a currency union which is also to a certain extent an economic union - although as it...

Surely Greece won't be stupid enough to actually try to go it alone... :banghead: I think the more important question is when will the EU come out with a growth package? There's got t be one coming and let's hope it's big!!!

I don't see what the big fuss is? It's clear there are labour shortages in the mining industry, particularly in some parts of the country, and if those projects need foreign labour to proceed, well so be it. Let's hope some of they stay and become valued members of Australian society, just like...

Agreed. Massacred, and it certainly doesn't appear that anything has changed at the fundamental level to cause such a significant pull back... Sure, the company has slightly over promised and under delivered, and there have been a few hiccups, but that's to be expected for projects and...

New home sales showing encouraging signs. Other housing market data incl prices indicating we are jumping around the bottom, recent interest rate cuts + the realistic expectation of more, the current rental "crisis" in WA, the continued population inflow into WA and the broad expectations of a...