But faced with the growing likelihood of recession in Europe and the U. S., the RBA's cycle of tightening policy is almost certainly over, and with it the Aussie dollar's long run above parity.
The shallowness of the summit's achievements has been brutally exposed. Instead of settling into a period of calm, markets were thrown into new turmoil (see article).
Unless the boss can pull something out of thin air and borrow a lot of money by Friday, we'll have to go into bankruptcy and I'll have to look for other work.
Leaders might swear in public to work together, but at home they continue to wall off their own economies against immediate dangers-with no concern for the consequences next door.
Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months.
Millions of Britons are entangled in means-tested tax credits, housing benefits and entitlements for the jobless that can make it unprofitable to work.