A very busy end of month session on Friday night saw a drop in US consumer spending but Wall Street played the short covering game while Chinese volatility spiked earlier in the session, causing European shares to make no advances. The USD is coming back against the undollars with new daily lows in Euro due
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Donald Trump might be a speed hump on the road to net zero, but the business and climate case for renewables leaves Australia in the box seat to capitalise.
The start of a second Trump presidency has led many to question the future outlook for energy in Australia and around the world, and what impact the new US administration will have on the move towards net zero.
"Another devastating world war, potentially bringing China and the United States into direct conflict. The spread and even the use of nuclear weapons. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza failing to ultimately produce favourable outcomes for Kyiv and Israeli-Palestinian peace. A more multipolar world without robust multilateral institutions. A democratic recession further devolving into a democratic depression."
Goldman on the currency fantasy. We remain skeptical of a centrally-planned currency accord, but open to the possibility that shifting government policies around the globe could bring about the right conditions to weaken the Dollar. The market and macro set-up heading into either the Plaza Accord or the Smithsonian Agreement was very different than it
The next federal election looms ahead menacingly. This is when the metal hits the meat and we have to make hard decisions or become just the burnt bits on the edge of the Democracy Sausage Sizzle.
After hosting crisis talks on Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer laid out important steps that the leaders discussed behind closed doors on Sunday.
"We will keep the military aid flowing and keep the economic pressure on Russia to strengthen Ukraine now," Starmer said at the press conference.
He also underlined that "any lasting peace must ensure Ukraine's sovereignty and security" with Ukraine at the table.
CoreLogic’s results for February show that Melbourne is now the cheapest major capital city housing market in the nation. Melbourne’s median dwelling value was $772,561 at the end of February 2024, $124,052 (14%) below the national capital city median. The improved affordability of Melbourne’s housing market follows subdued growth over the past five years. As
Israel will stop the entry of essential aid into the Gaza Strip starting Sunday, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has revealed how Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his delegation reacted to being expelled from the White House following a heated confrontation with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.
Governments want you to feel powerless, but the tools for change are in our hands. Australia’s economy is failing to decarbonise. Burning trees to produce electricity is phoney environmentalism.
You’re never too small to make a difference
For those who keep track of the slings and arrows crossing the broader geopolitical chessboard non-stop, it’s an immensely powerful – and humbling – experience to one day be contemplating the devastated Avdeyevka, in the heart of the war in Donbass, and a week later struggling to understand the devastation inflicted on villages in southern Lebanon.
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has suggested that the United States can no longer act as the “leader of the free world,” after President Donald Trump publicly scolded Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for his disrespect and ingratitude toward the American people.
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