Prime Insights

High Aussie Dollar Here To Stay

The AUD reached parity with the USD for the first time in recent history in 2010. It was a big…

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Winners, Losers And The Impact Of Immigration On The Housing Market

Winners, Losers And The Impact Of Immigration On The Housing Market RP Data recently released its report entitled Pain &…

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The US Sequester

The US Sequester The Australian financial press has recently been filled with articles on the “US Sequester”. Most articles have…

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Ratings Agencies Highlighted But Downgraded

Ratings Agencies Highlighted But Downgraded After many decades of relative public obscurity, ratings agencies have lately been grabbing headlines for…

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Outlook for Interest Rates in 2013

Outlook for Interest Rates in 2013 The RBA’s decision to cut rates in December was a close call. Extracting a…

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Australian Inflation: Behind The Headlines

Australian Inflation: Behind The Headlines Headline inflation in Australia is currently sitting comfortably within the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA)…

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Global Debt: Australia vs The World

Global Debt: Australia vs The World Global debt levels are at all time highs.  Governments, corporations and individuals are dealing…

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Australia’s Housing Affordability Crisis

Australia’s Housing Affordability Crisis According to the 8th Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey Australia still has one of the most…

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The Fiscal Cliff: Fact Or Fiction?

If you look at most of the available media coverage, it would appear that the central story, the so-called “Fiscal…

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Queensland Property Values Likely To Stall

Despite the general expectation that we will see modest recoveries in housing starts, mining and infrastructure construction, the wider expectations…

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