In which case it's better that he stay away. After all, the Reserve has of late been talking up the economy while chief executives may as well be talking it down by, well, not saying much really.

AGM season is in full flow, with BHP Billiton, Myer and the Commonwealth Bank in the week just gone, and the likes Harvey Norman and Goodman Group in the week ahead.

Notice how all the chief executives say it's all very "challenging" which, of course, is why they're paid what they are.

It strikes me as a curious role reversal since normally it's the Reserve that's, um, reserved.

Maybe money talks louder because there's been no suggestion that dividends might be under threat, not even in the more, ahem, challenged industries, such as the media and mining. Far from it.

True, BHP Billiton's chief executive Andrew Mackenzie linked dividend rises with "productivity gains", for which read cost cutting. But that means the dividend is unlikely to rise, not that it will be cut.

What's more, going by what the Reserve is saying, any challenges will diminish. It forecasts economic growth to rise from this year's insipid 2.25 per cent, if we're lucky, to around 2.5 per cent in six months, cranking up again to 3 per cent by this time next year.

And blowed if I know where the challenge in ultra low rates, sluggish wage growth and a competitive currency is supposed to be. Not to mention the jobs market, which is holding up beyond expectations, even the Reserve Bank's.

One outlook comment I take notice of is the Commonwealth Bank's because as the largest bank it gets feedback from every nook and cranny of the economy.

"The momentum from low interest rates and a lower Australian dollar is lifting conditions in the construction, tourism, education and accommodation sectors," chairman David Turner told its AGM. Hey, that's more like it.

He also pointed out that homes and units, which you might say is the bank's special subject, are being built at a record rate "and should stay there until late 2016".

Households are spending more because they've been buying and renovating homes. Harvey Norman, which holds its AGM on Tuesday, reported local like-for-like sales were up 7.1 per cent in the September quarter. Considering electronic prices are falling, that's an impressive real rise.

Yet even Harvey Norman chief executive Gerry Harvey says it's challenging out there. Mind you, his company is as much a property as a retail play. At its annual result Harvey said: "the outlook for the property market in Australia remains positive, particularly new starts, renovation expenditure, and secondary market clearance rates."

That brings me to property trust Goodman Group, which holds its AGM on Wednesday and reported a "strong start" to this financial year.

Even manufacturing is stirring – right on cue after the 15 per cent drop in the dollar this year. Take the packaging company Amcor. I figure not much gets packaged for delivery if it isn't selling.

At its recent AGM it reported a "good start to the year and we remain confident of delivering increased earnings in the 2016 financial year".

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