Comments on: Do you want the bad news or the tabloid pap? http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/2008/11/19/do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-tabloid-pap/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:38:37 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Albert Ross http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/2008/11/19/do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-tabloid-pap/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Albert Ross Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:40 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/?p=153#comment-125 Can't be all bad. A client manufactures cubbies. Customers have been acomin' aclutchin' their bonuses and petrol savin's and buyin' the kiddies a lovely chirssie pressie. First time ever he has to close of chrissie cubby orders in November. Can’t be all bad. A client manufactures cubbies. Customers have been acomin’ aclutchin’ their bonuses and petrol savin’s and buyin’ the kiddies a lovely chirssie pressie. First time ever he has to close of chrissie cubby orders in November.

]]> By: martin english http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/2008/11/19/do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-tabloid-pap/comment-page-1/#comment-124 martin english Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:50:44 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/?p=153#comment-124 More to the point, presenting it as a christmas present to be spent quickly, will have a more positrive effect on the economy than winging about how bad off we are. And, no, we shouldn't be in "depths of despair around the RBA board table" - that is assuming that they have corporate memories longer than 15 years. As pascoe said the other day in the Age, harden the f up More to the point, presenting it as a christmas present to be spent quickly, will have a more positrive effect on the economy than winging about how bad off we are.

And, no, we shouldn’t be in “depths of despair around the RBA board table” – that is assuming that they have corporate memories longer than 15 years. As pascoe said the other day in the Age, harden the f up

]]> By: Mark Duffett http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/2008/11/19/do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-tabloid-pap/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Mark Duffett Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:17:03 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/jonathan/?p=153#comment-122 What is an interest rate cut announcement supposed to be if not a piece of good news intended to stimulate spending? Is it so bad that the tabloids' presentation happens to be congruent with the Reserve Bank's aims? I think you need to look a bit closer to home to see who's being excessively cynical. What is an interest rate cut announcement supposed to be if not a piece of good news intended to stimulate spending? Is it so bad that the tabloids’ presentation happens to be congruent with the Reserve Bank’s aims? I think you need to look a bit closer to home to see who’s being excessively cynical.

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