Archive for December, 2010

A more stable economy ahead

The Macroeconomics team of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research predicts more stability in the economy.

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Household financial conditions are not rebounding

The Melbourne Institute household financial conditions index shows the proportion of households who are saving relative to the proportion of households who are running into debt and/or drawing on their savings.

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Professor Margaret Abernethy named Sidney Myer Chair of Commerce

Professor Margaret Abernethy, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, named as the Sidney Myer Chair of Commerce.

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Below the poverty line

Australian Financial Review, p45
Tuesday, 21 December 2010

The Melbourne Institute’s definition of poverty in terms of combined household income was cited by the Australian Financial Review.

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Tracking the economy

Australian Financial Review, p.22
Monday, 20 December 2010

The upcoming release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of Economic Activity is cited in the AFR’s Market Wrap column.

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Quiet and steady opening tipped

Canberra Times, p.11
Monday, 20 December 2010

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of Economic Activity and the Melbourne Institute’s quarterly Household Saving and Investment Report was cited by the Canberra Times.

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Any more deals left in Santa’s sack?

Herald-Sun, p.29
Monday, 20 December 2010

The upcoming release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of Economic Activity, the Melbourne Institute’s quarterly Household Saving and Investment Report, and the Institute’s Bulletin of Economic Trends is cited in a Herald Sun article.

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Markets need more than festive cheer

Courier-Mail, p.26
Monday, 20 December 2010

The upcoming release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of Economic Activity and the Melbourne Institute’s quarterly Household Saving and Investment Report is cited in a Courier Mail piece discussing the state of the Australian sharemarket.

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The perfect gift for the budding economist

Australian Financial Review, p.55
Thursday, 16 December 2010

The teaching methods of Professor Max Corden are cited in an Australian Financial Review piece.

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Consumer Inflationary Expectations fall to 2.8%

The median expected inflation rate, reported in the Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations, decreased to 2.8 per cent in December from 3.1 per cent in November.

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