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Bolt calls Australia a 'sitting duck' as world economy slows

AUSTRALIA may pay for racking up a decade of deficits, leaving the Federal Government with no money to cushion the blow of...

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22nd Jan. 2019 9:01 AM

Andrew Bolt points out that our recent run of deficits means we have no defence against a recession.

Warning of world economy shock

It’s not looking good for the global economy, which is weakening faster than expected — and there are warnings of serious...

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22nd Jan. 2019 7:01 AM

The global economy is weakening at a faster than expected rate, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the world is at risk of a sharp downturn.

IMF head digs in as trial opens

The IMF head, Christine Lagarde, has pledged to fight charges of negligence in a trial in Paris over her role in a...

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13th Dec. 2016 12:12 PM

International Monetary Fund managing director and former Economy Minister Christine Lagarde appears in court at the Palais de Justice, in Paris, France.

IMF: World debt now at $A199,000,000,000,000

AUSTRALIA'S love affair with private debt has been singled out in a new report from the International Monetary Fund.

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06th Oct. 2016 12:10 PM

The IMF has issued a debt warning for countries including Australia.

Chart shows world on brink of new recession

THE world is dangerously close to plunging into a new recession, according to the latest report by the International...

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07th Oct. 2015 7:10 AM

The IMF launch the World Economic Output on October 6.

Greece: Now is perfect time to visit 'country in crisis'

EVERY day brings with it another shocking headline about Greece as the country tries to negotiate further loans from Europe...

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18th June 2015 11:06 AM

China economy to slow, hurting Australia: IMF

A crackdown on cheap credit in China is expected to help reduce the rate of China’s real GDP growth from 7.4% last year to...

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30th April 2015 6:04 AM

Large movements in relative prices will create winners and losers this year, the IMF has said.

IMF fears “secular stagnation” for global economy

THE International Monetary Fund is coming round to the idea that the world is in the grip of an economic “secular...

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08th April 2015 6:04 AM

Have Aussie bankers bought the “secular stagnation” theory?

THE major Australian banks have recently cut fixed mortgage rates below 5%.

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05th Aug. 2014 12:08 PM

The government payment is designed to help parents equip their children for school.

Crisis envy and the budget: a Very Serious Problem

IN THE mid 1990s, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial with the headline “Bankrupt Canada”.

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06th May 2014 7:05 AM

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