The Herald has it – backwards maybe or maybe not?

Ahh, no. Guinness up by 10cent from September 15^th?

Dum dee dum dee dum… 9,000 join dole queue in a month…

Maybe they do right in shoving the really bad news down the list. Let’s face it, there’s still a lot of doom and gloom out there. On a positive note – I can see a glimmer of increased retail spending going on. Last week and a half has seen a definite shift in both numbers of people about AND the number of bags of actual purchases in peoples hands. 

Consumer confidence has a big part to play in how we fare over the next 12 to 18 months. Let’s hope the early budget will instill yet more confidence into the economic situation.

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