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Wayne Swan - Economic Pygmy

How does it compare to other economies through the same timeline?

You would compare it to other economies with similar exports, not the dud ones to try and make it look better then what it is.
 
You would compare it to other economies with similar exports, not the dud ones to try and make it look better then what it is.

I agree completely. One would compare the same time periods against similar economies, unless one was trying to assert a conclusion lacking veracity.
 
I posted this in one of the Gillard threads, however, it is probably more appropriate here:


Why should we believe anything coming from labor any more? Is there anything they have got right?
 
SameDude - I see you are from Brisbane. From your posts I take it you were one of the 25% who voted for Anna Bligh to continue her massive spending spree. Unbelievable...
 

^^^ As i have been saying for over 2 years.

Indomnitible, tireless, determind, sensantional and devoid of any real substance... ironically that pretty much sums up the ASF right...and its as boring as watching paint dry.
 
^^^ As i have been saying for over 2 years.

Indomnitible, tireless, determind, sensantional and devoid of any real substance... ironically that pretty much sums up the ASF right...and its as boring as watching paint dry.


Boring??

But your still here.

Indomitable, determined, sensational - for sure, but mainly frustrated - that we have to put up with Labor and have no power to end their incompetence for so long.

Besides which, we are having fun.
 
Boring??

But your still here.

Indomitable, determined, sensational - for sure, but mainly frustrated - that we have to put up with Labor and have no power to end their incompetence for so long.

Besides which, we are having fun.

^^^^^^^^
 
^^^ As i have been saying for over 2 years.

Indomnitible, tireless, determind, sensantional and devoid of any real substance... ironically that pretty much sums up the ASF right...and its as boring as watching paint dry.

Thanks SC.

Not being an Esperanto speaker, I didn't understand it all, but I get yer drift.

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Unfortunately printing is an option for the RBA but the effects against the big boys would be totally pointless.

Really the only real option the RBA has is to drop interest rates further to kill the yield which we should see next year

Another issue is our banks ratings being high and particularly European banks rating falling, Frances banks will really come under pressure 2013/14
 
Unfortunately printing is an option for the RBA but the effects against the big boys would be totally pointless.

Really the only real option the RBA has is to drop interest rates further to kill the yield which we should see next year

While trying to keep a lid on the housing bubble. LOL
While at the same time the government is trying to pump up the bubble, by relaxing foriegn ownership restrictions and recently allowing SMSF to buy residential property. Everything labor touches turns into a stuff up, can't wait to see the outcome in the housing market.
 
False - they always have been able to (subject to related party transaction restrictions - which havent changed).

But they weren't able to borrow previously. All those warrant products were designed to allow SMSF's to gain leverage without borrowing.
 
Commonsense and life experience generally tells me that whenever something is "good" for an extended period, the following "bad" period will also be of lengthy duration and/or severity.

The AUD has been high now for years, harming and in some cases wiping out many domestic industries in the process. Whenever it does fall, there's not a lot there to support it. It's not as though manufacturing etc will start exporting again in a hurry when the factories have been closed and in many cases literally razed to the ground. We'll need a sustained period, years, before investment starts flowing and in the meantime it's likely to be painful.
 
But they weren't able to borrow previously. All those warrant products were designed to allow SMSF's to gain leverage without borrowing.
Pre 1999 Unit Trust anyone? What about an unrelated private unit trust?

Howard government bought the borrowing rules btw, not Gillard.
 
While trying to keep a lid on the housing bubble. LOL

Yes the RBA would like to see housing drift sideways for some time but they would like to see a up tick in construction particularly on the eastern sea board
 
Yes the RBA would like to see housing drift sideways for some time but they would like to see a up tick in construction particularly on the eastern sea board

It is hard to balance construction growth and price stagnation.
 
False - they always have been able to (subject to related party transaction restrictions - which havent changed).

They may have been able to do it, but as a SMSF trustee I can tell you it was actively discouraged.
This year it is being encouraged.
 
It really doesn't matter, the change of government or GFC. The exponential government debt shows bad management.
If you keep ramping up your household spending, when your wages aren't increasing. You end up bankrupt.
Unfortunately for us, the government doesn't go bankrupt, just hits us with more taxes.

But that's o.k because we think they are fabulous and brilliant and good managers. Jeez give me a break.
 
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