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Holden succumbs
I’ve enjoyed owning and driving 5 different Holdens in my time. Good workmanlike, middle-of-the-road cars, all of them. It will be kind of a pity to see Australian made Holdens eventually disappear from the market. My current VW is great. … Continue reading
US jobs – spinning the data
There was quite some buoyancy in the commentary on the US economy last week. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released it’s monthly jobs data. Because the Federal Reserve has said it is more focused on employment than inflation, … Continue reading
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Australian entitlement is in for a great shock
David Llewellyn-Smith is on a roll. The ABC picked up his great article from Macro Business and put on The Drum at the weekend, summarised thus: “Australia’s business environment is unsustainable, and propping up dying companies like Qantas rather than … Continue reading
The demographic crunch is still coming
Last week the usually boring Australian Government Productivity Commission briefly made headlines. Immediately the vested interests came out finding everything wrong with the policy recommendations in the Commission’s report “An Ageing Australia: Preparing for the Future“: You can’t raise the … Continue reading
Knowledge work
What a week! Lightning strike. Without computers, the internet and phones, we were crippled. So, no alternative but to call in the “techo cavalry” and put in huge hours and effort into restoring the infrastructure of the business. After almost … Continue reading
Is the US economy growing?
In the last several days we have seen these economic news items out of the US. This from the Sydney Morning Herald on the 8th: The Australian dollar is lower after very strong US economic growth figures … [my emphasis] … Continue reading
something 2 ponder 