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原帖由 1972240 于 23-2-2011 17:54 发表
1) Capitals from asia, (I know some shanghaiese purchased 6 properties in perth when the oz dollars was very low.)
2) Very low interest rate.
3) Government stimulate package.
Well said, mate. You get some good arguments here. However, I will say these factors are easy to be changed.
It's easy for RBA to decrease interest rate. If they start to decrease, Aussie dollar will fall. Lots of money are waiting offshore for that day.
Another stimulus package, first home buyer grant to be specific, is unlikely because gov doesn't have money now, but if they accumulate some money after a couple of years. Another increase is possible if needed. If no, they still can throw out other policy like stamp duty benefit or something similar. No government hope a dramatic decline in property price, because it is firmly tied to banking system.
Let's dig it deeper. Some other factors are not easy to be changed, or direct impacted. Like economic condition, unemployment rate, population growth. Among these, economic condition is largely influenced by China's economy, so as unemployement rate. So let's concentrate on China's economy.
Inflation is not a problem. 10% looks high but not a nightmare if you compare it with India or other countries with high GDP growth. It's common if you have such high GDP growth rate. The Chinese gov already took firm steps to tackle this problem and it will be it's top task for the whole 2011. It can be fixed sooner or later.
A more difficult problem is the restructure of the whole economy. GDP growth is good but it's not that good if gov spending contributes to much. So how to increase domestic consuming is a hard subject. It need to increase salary, restore trust, ensure social security and many more. However, to my opinion, the gov can still deal with that.
A even more difficult issue is the aging population after 10 to 20 years. From the end of 70s of last century, one child policy is imposed to whole society. Their parents will be retired by then. The can be more retired people than work force. That's the real issue and is one of the fundamental cause of Japan's decades recession.
So if China economy will stop, not within several years but 10 years or more. Will Australia economy still rely on it? Hopefully not. |
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