The following graphic from CoreLogic shows Australia’s housing affordability was the worst on record at the end of 2024. In ...

NAB chief economist Sally Auld has predicted heavy interest rate cuts this year, beginning with a 0.50% cut at the 20 May ...

The Market Ear on the rally nobody wanted. Now what? SPX is hitting some sort of short term trend line here. We moved above ...

Westpac published the following chart showing that the average minimum mortgage repayment has surged since 2022. “Over the ...

DXY is struggling mightily to get anywhere. AUD follows EUR. Lead boots plod on. Got to be quick to grab gold these days. Oil ...

Exorbitant lot prices are a significant factor against new home sales and construction. Consider the following charts taken ...

Over the past decade, the Australian economy has recorded some of the poorest productivity growth in the world and the nation ...

The Market Ear on the short squeeze. Most since August S&P 500 +18% from the lows 4 weeks ago. More than 88% of S&P 500 ...

Following the 2022 federal election, the Australian Greens declared themselves the “third force” in Australian politics after ...

Australian households are suffering their longest recession in generations. The Q4 national accounts, released in March, ...

Goldman wraps a Q1 dud. Nominal retail sales rose 0.3%mom in March, broadly in line with expectations (GSe: +0.2%mom, BBG: ...

The Department of Home Affairs has released temporary visa data for Q1 2025, showing a record 2,541,651 temporary visas on ...