In the week after the federal elections, businesses had to reckon with clear reductions in sales. The unclear political situation is a brake on consumption of the first order.

According to the information available to us, September was an extremely bleak month which gave us the biggest collapse in sales in a long time.

An unstable government and a perpetual election campaign with an uncertain outcome is the last thing our country needs. Get to work.

blatant partisanship to use the Elections Division to their advantage.

This is not that unusual for there to be fluctuations from one year to another, especially the year after elections. Political talk radio is dependent on the excitement of the political scene.

It is understandable that the market came off so close to the elections.