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its a popular time for interstate
arrivals.
easter school holidays has always been renowned
for people to travel from our southern states and for
us to all hit the beach, and enjoy the blue skies and
sunny weather. it is also a time where we stop and
regroup to make decisions about what and where
we want to be for the next half of the year.
southerners start thinking about relocating to sunny
queensland.
there is no better time to put your plans in place for
a new lifestyle. if you are wanting some sound
advice on which way to go or what is the right time,
please feel free to call for a confidential chat.
interest rates
at its meeting in march, the rba decided to leave
the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent.
growth in the global economy continued at a
moderate pace in 2014. a similar performance is
expected by most observers in 2015, with the us
economy continuing to strengthen, even as china´s
growth slows a little from last year´s outcome.
in australia the available information suggests that
growth is continuing at a below-trend pace, with
domestic demand growth overall quite weak. as a
result, the unemployment rate has gradually moved
higher over the past year. the economy is likely to
be operating with a degree of spare capacity for
some time yet. with growth in labour costs subdued,
it appears likely that inflation will remain consistent
with the target over the next one to two years, even
with a lower exchange rate.
the australian dollar has declined noticeably
against a rising us dollar, though less so against a
basket of currencies. it remains above most
estimates of its fundamental value, particularly
given the significant declines in key commodity
prices. a lower exchange rate is likely to be needed
to achieve balanced growth in the economy.