but last weekend when I went to a largish shopping centre in the western suburbs of Melbourne, it seemed like every man and his dog was out shopping.
Highpoint? I was there a few months on a Friday night and nobody was buying anything. I couldn't believe it.
At the time, I was on a shopping trip for more Australian property, but decided to hold off at the evidence of such retail gloom. The market I was looking at ( above seven figures ) has since regained composure and confidence.
I don't listen to pilot doomsdayers. 1) They are pilots 2) They are generally poor pilots averse to have ever taken a financial risk. I suppose that's why they're poor.
Australia will do fine. I would be better off if it didn't.