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8 Responses to “90 seconds at 9am: Where’s the spring house sales surge?; US jobs better; OCR on hold”

1. Mark Hubbard Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am

   Regarding the US jobs report, not a recovery, just another bubble:

   http://blog.mises.org/archives/011164.asp

   … for society as a whole, jobs are not ends in and of themselves. For society, they are only a boon insofar as they produce goods and services without consuming capital. For society, they are liabilities insofar as they are allocated toward unsustainable projects, as they will tend to be under artificial credit expansion. The consequences of Bernanke’s mind-boggling credit expansion will eventually catch up to us. Far from being a sign of better days to come, the job report everybody’s so excited about today may very well be a harbinger of those consequences.

2. Brien from Hamilton Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am

   BH what happened to your shirt and suit?

3. Bernard Hickey Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 9:09 am

   Brien
   Taking a break from the suit and shirt.
   Going for a more informal look
   Your views?
   cheers
   Bernard

4. Nicholas Arrand Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 9:19 am

   I’m not sure, Bernard! We don’t want you getting too close to the Greg Muir casual look…

5. Alan Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 9:57 am

   Your regular viewers probably don’t care – I certainly don’t!

   However, you might find your perceived credibility for new viewers drops off and / or skews you down market intellectually.

   However, from a purely business perspective, being aimed at the less informed mass-market that follows fashion rather than analysis might bring in more dollars – just look at a company like Apple.

   Alan.

6. Tarquian and Warren Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 10:04 am

   Girls !!!!!!! Leave Bernie alone . You look gorgeous , darl , absolutely gorgeous .

   Look at the message , lovies , not the messenger . Leave that to us ……..Ooooooooooooooooooh !

7. observer Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 11:44 am

   I think I like the more formal look personally

   In Tga there are now 1425 properties listed on Trademe. A few months ago the numbers were around 1200. There seems to be many houses for sale and not many buyers at the moment. I tend to follow Trademe because it is reflecting the property market on a daily basis rather than the other reports that show the market retrospectively. Unemployment is quite high in Tga- poeple may be leaving here to get work elsewhere.

8. Wally Says:
   December 7th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   Watch as Bollard manages to miss the curve yet again. The RBA boss knows what the inflation Tsunami looks like and is staying ahead of the problem. Not our RBNZ..hell no…they are set on porking property…the same old same old…..

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