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Australia’s 1st negative growth in 8 years

This note compiled by Lisa Bennett of AMP Capital looks at the latest GDP data released in Australia. The key points are: The Australian economy finally succumbed to the global downturn in the December quarter with GDP falling 0.5%. We … Continue reading

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New home buyers still borrowing to their limit

There was much joy among residential lenders in January as they celebrated droves of first home buyers returning to the residential property market. First home buyers also appear unafraid of loading up with cheap debt – combining the carrot of … Continue reading

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Margin lending calls up, Number of investors down

Investors aboard the borrow to invest, get rich quick trainare finally jumping off, or more to the point falling off, with the number of open margin lending accounts declining in the September quarter, for the first time since the Reserve … Continue reading

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