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Finance Viewpoint
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An expat Aussie living in America looking at Investing and Personal Finance from a local and global perspective.
Recent Posts
Australian Economy and Dollar on the Up and Up!
Worth reading this article from Bloomberg on the booming Australian economy. Very different to the story in the US and European economies. Here's some of the main points:Australian employment soared for a third straight month as companies added six ...
Aussies Can Now Sue in America
Interesting article talking about the potential right for Australian litigation overseas where Australian investors can sue an Australian company under the much more investor friendly US securities law. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide wh...
Australian Unemployment Rate Falls
From Marketwatch, good news on the Aussie job front. Once again confirm the economy is doing much better than it's global peers.Australia's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 5.7% in September from 5.8% in August, the Australian Bureau ...
Australia First G-20 Nation to Raise Interest Rates as Nation Upsurps Larger Peers
From Bloomberg, an article that made me proud of my home country....Australia, the first Group of 20 nation to raise interest rates since the height of the global financial crisis, has signaled further increases in coming months.Reserve Bank Governo...
Fair or Not? Gender Wage Differences
Wages are growing by 6.1 per cent in Australia, with the average male now earning $66,581 per annum, while the average female earns $54,907 a year. But the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that women’s wages are now at their lo...
Australia and China - An Uneasy Alliance
Great read in the New york times recently talking about the economic relationship between Australia and China, and who is benefiting versus who is getting exploited. Here are some highlights.****Since three state owned Chinese companies said they wo...
