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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 13:03 Source

US President Donald Trump has said Moscow and New Delhi “can take their dead economies down together.”Trump announced 25% tariffs on India on Wednesday, plus penalties for the South Asian nation’s economic ties with Russia.

In a message posted late Wednesday on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote that the US has little trade with Russia and India.

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 13:00 Source

What do you think happens when you try to manage a narcissist with a narcissist? Both pretend the other does not exist. AFR. Leavitt said of the country’s 18 largest trading partners, two-thirds had a deal. Australia is among the huge majority of countries that have not yet struck a deal and is facing the

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 12:30 Source

Tarric Brooker posted the following chart on Twitter (X) showing that the level of real Australian resource exports per capita has risen from around $3,500 per year in 1988 to just under $15,000 per year currently. Brooker added, “Imagine the dividends of a smaller Australia”, in response to the massive population expansion experienced by Australia this

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 12:00 Source

The perfect bubble is here, says the Market Ear. With systematics now fully engaged, it is hard to argue with. 100% too perfect Ring the bell. This is as good as it gets. Years ago we had the “Bündchen Bottom” in the dollar. Now the market just gave us the Sydney Sweeney squeeze Top –

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 11:30 Source

Goldman wraps the EOFY bump in retail sales. Nominal retail sales rose 1.2%mom in June, above expectations (GSe:+0.9%mom, BBG: 0.5%mom). The quarterly data were also firmer than expectations, with volumes rising 0.3%qoq in 2Q 2025 (GSe: -0.3%qoq, BBG:+0.1%qoq). That said, the acceleration in volumes growth was driven by a rebound in Queensland following flood-related weakness

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 11:00 Source

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released dwelling approvals data for June, which posted another solid rise. There were 15,984 dwellings approved in trend terms in June, the highest volume since September 2022. Despite the rebound, approvals remained 20% below the monthly 20,000 run rate required to meet the Albanese government’s target to build 1.2

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:30 Source

The ferrous complex likes to stick to seasonal patterns, but the sgtins are not good when steel gives way. Nor when PMIs give way. China official NBS manufacturing PMI: 49.3 in July, vs. 49.7 in June. Official non-manufacturing PMI: 50.1 in July, vs. 50.5 in June. The construction PMI fell notably in July to 50.6

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:00 Source

As part of a recent analysis of Department of Home Affairs data, it was revealed that: “Nearly half of the New Zealanders applying for Australian citizenship weren’t born here (in New Zealand), according to data from the Australian government.” According to the Department of Home Affairs, in the two years since July 2023, over 92,000

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Renew Economy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:00 Source
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xkcd.com Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:00 Source

Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.

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Renew Economy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:52 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:30 Source

King dollar is back. AUD is beheaded by the king. Lead boots give up. Oil and gold mark time. Metlas mania implodes. Big mininig, big bear intact. EM flames out. Junk OK. Yields firm. Stocks stall. The market is just far too short US dollars triggering a short squeeze. As its economy and assets outperform.

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:29 Source

Records obtained by U.S. intelligence officials indicate the FBI would play a role in putting “more oil into the fire” of the Russia collusion hoax ahead of the 2016 presidential election, according to newly declassified documents released Thursday. 

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Renew Economy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:06 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Sticky tariff induced inflation in the US overnight sent Wall Street lower as the expectation of rate cuts were diced as the latest PCE came in higher than expected. The Trump regime continues to bully Canada with the probability of 35% tariffs rising as no deal or framework before the August 1st “deadline” while Mexico just

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 08:14 Source

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 08:00 Source

Data from the Australian Energy Market Operator shows that wholesale electricity prices on the East Coast were 23% higher year-on-year in the June quarter. The wholesale price averaged $140 per megawatt-hour during the quarter—the highest level since 2022, when the wholesale price topped $260 per megawatt-hour following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. AEMO attributed the spike

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 06:42 Source

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, calling him a “failed”leader and cautioning him against combative rhetoric.

Medvedev, now serving as deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, had earlier dismissed the notion that Trump, or any other US official, could dictate Moscow’s stance on the Ukraine conflict. His comments came in response to American calls for Russia to negotiate peace or face tougher sanctions.

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 05:55 Source

 

Through its love affair with Israel and intimidated by the Zionist lobby, our legacy media has enabled the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s apartheid regime and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land over the past century.

 

John Menadue

Our media refuse to call out genocide in Gaza

 

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 00:02 Source

At the end of 2024, CoreLogic (now Cotality) reported that Australians were paying a record share of their income to rent the median home. Cotality’s latest quarterly rental report also noted that median rents have increased by 43% nationally over the past five years, forcing the typical tenant household to pay $10,350 extra per year

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Your Democracy Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 20:04 Source

 

History sneers. Raw. Cyclical. Cruel. Every peace treaty gives birth to a field of ruins. Every solemn oath transforms, as soon as it is proclaimed, into a broken promise. Subtly—and sometimes ferociously.

 

From Potsdam 1945 to Istanbul 2025: The Metaphysics of Broken Promises

BY Cassandre G

 

The Tainted Oath

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MacroBusiness Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 16:30 Source

While north Atlantic share markets remain buoyant due to solid earnings on Wall Street and the implied stability of the new US/EU trade deal “framework”, Asian share markets are weaker nearly across the board as peripheral nations – including India and Brazil – await the self imposed tariff deadline tomorrow set by the Trump regime.

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Your Democracy Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 15:22 Source

Memory is not just a mere storage system; it’s the foundation of our identity, learning, and cognitive abilities. In this fast-paced world, improving memory and recall is becoming increasingly crucial. So, let’s delve into the fascinating science of memory and discover practical strategies to enhance our memory abilities.

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Renew Economy Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 15:11 Source
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MacroBusiness Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 14:00 Source

You know it’s bad when major miners play second fiddle to the gas cartel. Via The AFR: Rio Tinto’s Jakob Stausholm delivered Labor a brutal parting warning that Australia’s energy prices are incompatible with its goal of manufacturing at home, and warned the economy risks being undercut by more competitive markets in the battle for

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MacroBusiness Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 13:30 Source

The 2023-24 Victorian Budget stated that it expects the federal government to provide an additional “matching contribution” of around $9.6 billion for the first stage of its Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project. The State Budget also stated that the Victorian government plans to raise around $11.8 billion from so-called “value capture”, which would involve charging

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