consumer price index

Why Australia Should Take Note of Greece

Posted on February 15th, 2010 in ABS, anz, aus, aussie dollar, cent, consumer price index, cpi, debt, GDP, Iraq, ken henry, Market News, micro cap, perth, Reserve Bank of Australia, Wayne Swan

We noticed with amusement Emperor Ken Henry’s statement that: “What people have called the global financial crisis, that has passed, I think it’s safe to say.”
It’s pretty easy to say that when you’re a career leach. Sorry, we mean public servant… No, actually, we do mean ‘leach’ after all.
On reading those words from Emperor [...]

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Gold’s Inflation Bogey, Part I

Posted on January 26th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, cent, consumer price index, Elliott Wave International, gold, inflation, Market News, micro cap, perth, Prechter, Roger Bootle, stock market bulls

This time IS different for gold. Different from how everyone sees it, that is…
STOCK-MARKET BULLS are so dumb, apparently they need Bob Prechter to tell them to sell.
Blamed for causing a further 50-point plunge in the Dow on Tuesday – precisely the kind of news-driven move that Prechter’s Elliott Wave International says just can’t happen [...]

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“Saving” Only Comes After Mortgage Repayment Increase

Posted on January 26th, 2010 in ABS, Access Economics, aus, aussie dollar, Australian Bureau of Statistics, cent, consumer price index, cpi, leveraged investment property, Market News, micro cap, mortgage repayment, perth, RBA, Reserve Bank of Australia, saving

Before I get on to today’s Money Morning, we’ve received some feedback from yesterday’s article. The complaint has been that we didn’t compare apples with apples.
That it’s not fair to compare the return of a leveraged investment property with an unleveraged dividend paying stock.
Of course that’s nonsense. Of course it’s fair. As [...]

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Price of Gold Regains a Third of Plunge, Bouncing as US Dollar Eases Back

Posted on January 12th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, cent, consumer price index, euro, Federal Reserve, global gold market, gold, Market News, micro cap, perth, pound, SPDR Gold Trust, Standard Bank, UK inflation, US crude oil, us dollar

THE PRICE OF GOLD regained a third of yesterday’s 2.5% plunge in London dealing on Wednesday, bouncing as the US Dollar eased back and Wall Street futures pointed higher from Tuesday’s 1.0% drop.
By the time New York traders reached their desks, gold priced in Dollars stood little changed from last week’s close at $1137 an [...]

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Inflation and Its Reporting (The Hidden Lies)

Posted on June 22nd, 2009 in australian stocks online, cent, consumer price index, cpi, Finance, inflation, Market News, micro cap, penney, penni, pennyhopefuls, perth, queensland, small, sydney, US markets

It can be said the best place to hide anything is in plain sight.
We see prices every day. But do we really “SEE” them?
Let’s start with the basic reporting of the rising costs of goods and services in our society. The ABS publishes the CPI “Consumer Prices Index”.
To work out the CPI you would assume [...]

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