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National accounts

No trade boost this quarter to help national growth

Crikey / Glenn Dyer / Thursday, 4 June 2009

ABS figures show a slump in Australia’s trade performance.

Australia avoids recession: what the pundits say

Crikey / Andrew Crook / Thursday, 4 June 2009

Yesterday’s confirmation that the Australian economy had avoided a technical recession sent the Rudd government into a fit of giggles, but the commentariat was less enamoured.

This “recession” is built on rubbery figures

Crikey / Thursday, 5 March 2009

Much has been made of the apparent rise in the savings ratio in the December quarter national accounts, but this could be a furphy, writes Glenn Dyer.