The return of the credit crunch and the rise in short term money market interest rates has produced the second round of non-Reserve Bank driven rate rises from a major bank, writes Glenn Dyer.
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Mumble poll-mix: Time is running out for the Coalition
The latest poll-mix has the government making modest ground since the election was called, from 44.5 to 45.5, closing the two party preferred gap from eleven points to nine. But even if the trend is on it’ll take until Christmas for the government to be competitive, writes Peter Brent.
Kerr: Could rates be a rabbit?
Inflation may be up. Interest rates may be about to go up. But it still seems – just look at yesterday’s Newspoll - that Australians believe the Coalition are the better economic managers, writes Christian Kerr.
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Worms, Witchetty grubs and WormChoices … Howard’s debating skills … the ultimate test of leadership is war … Kyoto’s Pandora’s Box … manipulation of the betting markets … Ben Cousins …
Farmer/Rundle: Poll/punt/po-mo watch
For many months there has been a marked difference between what the opinion polls are telling us about the likely election outcome and the message from the betting markets but this morning the gap has narrowed, writes Richard Farmer.
Sorry, PM, it’s just that they love him more
After reading this morning’s Newspoll numbers, the PM might see that the problem is not that he is friendless. It is that he is not as highly regarded as those he is attacking, writes Richard Farmer.
Blogs, truth … The Oz just doesn’t get it
They really don’t get it. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn from The Australian’s extraordinary display of glass jaw over the blogosphere’s critique of Dennis Shanahan’s reporting of poll results.
Acting in a Prime Ministerial way
John Howard did not need this morning’s Newspoll to tell him that acting as a Prime Minister doing Prime Ministerial things was his only hope of still being in the job at the end of the year.
