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What if the Interest Rate Lever Doesn’t Work?
The world is awash with debt and we’re running out of solutions… Interest rates are central banks’ main economic…

Time To Rethink Your Funding
More pressure on banks may make it harder for businesses to get loans… The best banking brains in the world…

People V Property – The Herd Is On The Move
Real estate prices are easing and that’s causing some concern… “If enough people think the same way, that becomes…

Residential Land Costs Keep Rising
The high cost of housing in the capital cities remains a political hot potato and with a federal election imminent,…

Brisbane The Place To Invest
Brisbane the place to invest The property market is cooling and sellers no longer have the whip hand. It’s now…

Solutions For A Budget ‘Emergency’
Apparently we had a Federal Budget ‘emergency’ in 2014. Crisis was the narrative, and politicians from all parties revelled in…

Property Hotspots Start Cooling
The long-expected cooling of the property markets appears to be under way, with values falling, auction clearance rates declining, rental…

The Banks Are Hurting And You Will Pay
The big four banks have suddenly found that money is getting more expensive and their customers – that’s you –…

The Warning Signs In Capex
When you look for signs of economic growth, there are a lot of signals to choose from but the one…

The World In 2016
“The future ain’t what it used to be,” said Yogi Berra, and if the unpredicted uneventfulness of 2015 is anything…