Guy Debelle

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News and interviews on Guy Debelle including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Monday, 22 February 2010

THE WEEK AHEAD: Is business investing again?

The RBA says that lack of transparency about the current economic environment was a key reason it remained on the interest rate sidelines this month.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Beware another global credit crunch: Kohler

Australian politicians are disgracing themselves daily in parliament. But as long as foreign investors don't notice, there are plenty of reasons for Australian stocks to keep rising.

Monday, 15 February 2010

THE WEEK AHEAD: Spotlight on the RBA

The RBA generally features somewhere on the weekly financial calendar. But in the coming week the central bank doesn't just feature – it dominates proceedings.

Monday, 07 December 2009

THE WEEK AHEAD: How high will the RBA lift rates?

Interest rates have now risen for three consecutive months and the Reserve Bank is giving few hints that it is ready to pause.

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Leading indicator shows economy is roaring out of recession: Economy Roundup

In Canberra, debate has begun over the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme, but Liberal senator Ian MacDonald has called the scheme a shambles.

Monday, 16 November 2009

THE WEEK AHEAD: The jobs riddle

With just over two weeks until the final Reserve Bank Board meeting of 2009, it's clear that interest rates will finish the year only modestly lower than where they started.

Friday, 24 July 2009

Wall Street and Australian shares jump on good news: Economy roundup

Retailer Country Road reports strong sales and profit growth, despite the flagging economy.

Thursday, 09 October 2008

Politicians need to help central banks rescue the global economy: Kohler

The co-ordinated 0.5% rate cut announced overnight by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, including even the European Central Bank, was a good start. It has helped settle markets, but it is not enough.

Tuesday, 07 October 2008

The real share sell-off has begun, now brace for the fallout: Gottliebsen

In the last hour or so of trading in the US, the margin borrowers had been sold out at the market bottom (as always happens) and there was a huge rush of buying.

Friday, 03 October 2008

Shares slide, bailout vote delayed, $A falls again: Economy roundup

A horror week for investors looks like ending on a low, with the Australian sharemarket slumping again this morning after the US House of Representatives vote on the US Government’s $US700 million bailout package was delayed.