Monthly Archives: May 2012

Cashed-up miners mean big difference in retail turnover in mining and non-mining States

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Gene Tunny

OESR has finally released its April 2012 Economic Review (obviously it’s taken a while to clear through the new Treasurer’s office), and it contains this interesting chart showing the stark difference in retail trade performance between the mining and non-mining … Continue reading →

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Qld has strong pulse, but rate cut needed to revive southern states

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent (or 25 basis points) today. The rate cut is probably necessary to revive the economies of southern states, which Queensland businesses have declining confidence in, according … Continue reading →

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