18 April 2011

Economy going gangbusters

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Katy Gallagher is taking credit for the latest data from the Commonwealth Bank showing Canberra’s economy is booming (if the cranes on the horizon weren’t telling you that already).

Dwelling construction, new home loans and population growth in the ACT are all reported to be above decade averages and ahead of other jurisdictions, which are assessed on eight key indicators of economic growth, retail trade, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements.

“The encouraging results of today’s report show the Stanhope Government continues to support a strong economy for the ACT community,” Ms Gallagher said.

“The outlook for ACT retail spending remains positive. The latest retail trade data indicates turnover increased by 2.4 per cent in the ACT year-on-year to February 2011, and the growth rate was slightly above the national growth rate in the last four months.”

There are, however, concerns about what the commonwealth budget will do to Canberra’s economy.

A bunch of redundancy payouts hitting the economy will probably be pretty good.

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benjee said :

Well I want to go elsewhere and spend my money, but I’m stuck on the GDE…….

I’m on a roundabout

Well I want to go elsewhere and spend my money, but I’m stuck on the GDE…….

Well everybody knows that we’d all be stuffed without the ACT government out there fighting the good fight for us. All good things that happen in the ACT are entirely due to the activities of Mr Stanhope and his colleagues. Thank (deity) that we have these excellent people looking out for our interests.

Where would we be without them? Hmmmmm??

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