The analysis from CEDA argues that Australians are experiencing a renewed rise in economic hardship, with the country’s “misery index” returning to near post-pandemic highs after all improvements ...

Goldman isn’t terribly comforting. AI Productivity-Unemployment Link: 1% AI-driven productivity gain → 0.3-0.4pp temporary unemployment peak (fading in 2 years), with gross job losses (0.5-0.6pp) and ...

The Pilbara killer is eating Fortescue. This is from its quarterly update yesterday. Iron ore sales of 42.9Mt were below shipments, reflecting impacts from ongoing negotiations with China Mineral ...

DXY eased overnight. Notably, it did not surge as a safe haven as everything fell apart. I still think it will. AUD held up with EUR. North Asia is also support. Don’t say I didn’t warn you as gold ...

War headlines today. Iran says it bombed seven tankers in 24 hours. US says it is making it up. Houthis bomb Shaybah oilfield. Libyan oil flows disrupted by technical problems. The Madman shock is ...

New University of Melbourne vice chancellor Carolyn Evans told The Melbourne Assembly, hosted by The Age and the University of Melbourne, that the federal government’s efforts to reduce the number of ...

The private credit market, which has grown to around $200 billion in assets, has become a key lender to developers as traditional banks pull back from construction lending due to tightening risk ...

When former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull first announced the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped hydro project in 2017, it was ...

Two reports suggest Australia’s residential construction market is weakening significantly amid falling prices, rising interest rates, and the federal budget changes to negative gearing and capital ...

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has released temporary visa data for the September quarter of 2026, which suggests that net overseas migration (NOM) into Australia continues to moderate. There ...

Amid an already challenging environment for the nation’s housing market, the latest figures from Cotality suggest prospective sellers face ever greater competition to sell, even as fewer owners put ...

DXY is chopping wood as it clears an overbought condition. I don’t think this is a reversal. AUD has rebounded from its oversold position. It still has CNY support. The twins are crossing. Not a good ...