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Faster 183 "The NMIâ„¢ registered 53.7 percent in August, 1.1 percentage points higher than the 52.6 percent registered in July. This indicates continued growth this month at a slighter faster rate in the non-manufacturing sector.
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For details please see By 2015 Hard Commodity Prices Will Collapse; Australia’s Mining Boom Dies (and the Official Denials Start) Wrapping up the disaster in Australia, please see Michael Feller’s synopsis on Macro Investor Being a Bear is Not "unAustralian" . Peruse the Reserve Bank governor’s recent remarks to the senate or listen to the commentariat on talkback radio and it would seem that Australia’s economy has become victim of nothing more than an insidious rogue gloom-and-doomerism that threatens to hurt the nation, or worse. At its worst, this anti-half-glass-empty rhetoric smacks economic McCarthyism
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Via Google translate from Libre Mercardo please consider The VAT increase is the largest tax increase democracy . Each Spanish pay an average of 20.8% VAT, 369 per year, six days of extra work to comply with the Treasury.
By 2015 Hard Commodity Prices Will Collapse; Australia’s Mining Boom Dies (and the Official Denials Start) I have been calling for a base metals bust for some time, fueled by a slowdown in China. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets has been saying the same thing. Indeed, it is analysis from Pettis that influenced my views in the first place
1 Key Points The PMIâ„¢ registered 49.6 percent, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from July’s reading of 49.8 percent, indicating contraction in the manufacturing sector for the third consecutive month.
Central bankers Debating the Limits of Power in Jackson Hole are wondering what’s holding back the economy.