Wall Street rallied again overnight on the continued potential US-China trade deal as risk markets pivot towards the expected rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week. The USD pulled back against some of the majors, particularly against the burgeoning Canadian Loonie as PM Mark Carney continues his Operation “Reach Around” while Euro range traded
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DXY faded a little. AUD roared on the spot. CNY faded. Gold is going lower. Oil can’t even squeeze the shorts. AI metals are the new gold. RIO is the chosen one. EM to the moon. Junk needs to stay green. Yields are melting except in Australia, where the RBA has dislocated the bond market.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its annual national accounts for the 2024-25 financial year, which includes extensive data on land values. Land values underpinning the Australian housing market increased by 7.0% during the 2024-25 financial year. In 2024-25, Australia’s land was valued at $9.8 trillion, with residential land accounting for 85% ($8.3
A few wobbles across Asian share markets with the catalyst of another potential rare earth trade deal between the Trump regime and Japan helped Yen strengthen against USD. The fallout from Friday’s not so firm US CPI print is keeping the USD down against most of the majors as expectation of a cut from the
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Australia’s total land value has soared past $10 trillion, according to new ABS data — yet ordinary workers continue to shoulder most of the nation’s tax load. Prosper Australia says the figures highlight the need to rebalance the tax system so that unearned gains from land and natural resources contribute their fair share. “Australia’s land […]
The following chart from Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro illustrates that, in real inflation-adjusted terms, New Zealand dwelling values have crashed back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels: At the same time, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate by 3.0% to 2.5%, which has driven mortgage rates sharply lower. As a
Data released in the U.S. prior to the government shutdown painted an optimistic picture of the economy. Second-quarter economic growth was revised up to 3.8% annualised, and consumer spending grew by 2.8% in the third quarter. Although comforting, these data raise a question: why is growth so resilient when other economic indicators, including employment and
The Market Ear has the rub. Just got too extreme We have been pointing out the case for a gold correction recently, here and here. Things simply got way too extreme. One of those measures is just how dislocated gold got vs 200 day moving average. Things have calmed down some over the past days, but the dislocation
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Murdoch hating is Crikey’s core business model. Which, hilariously, makes it just as bad as Murdoch, across some imaginary divide that has little to do with any identifiable value system beyond monkeys throwing poop. Bernard Keane is so lost in Murdoch hate that he has embraced the most vicious autocracy on earth. You might find
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week released the annual national accounts for the 2024-25 financial year, which are summarised below. While the aggregate Australian economy grew by 1.4% for the second consecutive year, per capita GDP continued to shrink. Real per capita GDP declined by 0.3% in 2024-25, which follows the 1.0% contraction