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Australian Economy

Rental listings on the rise

It wasn’t that long ago the property lobby was screaming of a shortage of houses. In the last six months we have seen a surge of houses listed for sale, and it now appears these are overflowing onto the rental market forcing landlords to drop rents. Owners, unable to sell

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China

Is China’s Construction Bubble ready to Burst?

The second bailout of Greece has been in the lime light for the past couple of weeks. While Fitch rating’s Andrew Colquhoun said today that Australian and Korean Banks are the most exposed in Asia to the European debt crisis thanks to our dependence on offshore borrowing, is there another

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Australian Economy

Retailers shed jobs

Property experts make the argument that house prices can’t fall in Australia as we have very low unemployment. But it begs the question if a fall in house prices leads or lags a fall in employment? The Unconventional Economist set out to answer this question last month and found that

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Australian Economy

Debt Bubble Cripples Retail Spending

In a report released by Access Economics today, it expects retail sales to grow by only 1.3 percent this financial year, sounding the worst period for retail spending in two decades. But, on a positive note, it expects a rebound next year. David Rumbensm, a partner with Deloitte Access Economics