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Claims Australian bonds have become as risky as stocks rubbished

An Aussie economist is under fire from a macroeconomic market analyst after claims made about the safety of Commonwealth bonds.

Jason Walls
Thu, 30 Apr 2015

An Australian economist says it’s time to start reassessing bonds as a “safe havens” and they are now as risky as stocks – but his claims have come under fire from a macroeconomic market analyst.  

QUT senior economics lecturer Dr David Willis says with Australian bond yields and inflation so low,

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Jason Walls
Thu, 30 Apr 2015
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