Renew Economy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 13:18
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 13:06
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 13:00
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Last week, the Albanese government pledged over $800 million in production subsidies to a green hydrogen development in remote Western Australia. This is part of an $8.7 billion federal government war chest to create incentives for green hydrogen. Labor’s Future Made in Australia (FMIA) plan, announced in 2024, provided a budget allocation of $6.7 billion The post Bowen blows billions on green hydrogen fantasy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 12:30
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Earlier last month, I learned that a friend’s home one kilometre away had been the target of an attempted home invasion. The burglars hopped over a neighbour’s side fence and tried to force their way into the house via the back door. Fortunately, my friend awoke, made a ruckus, and the burglars fled. The following The post Melbourne overrun with gangs and crime appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 12:27
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a big-name supporter for a possible presidential run in 2024: Elon Musk. Musk came out for the sunshine state gov in a brief Twitter conversation Friday night with the account @ProudElephantUS, who asked if he would back DeSantis. “Yes.” Musk replied, before adding, “But Twitter as a platform must be fair to all.” |
Cheeseburger Gothic
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 12:13
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With everything going on in the world, it says something about me that this was the story (free link) that most engorged my rage gland today. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 12:02
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Via the ABS. CPI analytical series Seasonally adjusted 2.4 CPI excluding volatile items* and holiday travel 2.7 Annual trimmed mean 2.7 Most are components coming off except regulated prices like education, alcohol and tobacco, and health, which will fall in due course given they are indexed to the headline benchmark, which has crashed. It’s over. The post Monthly CPI misses again appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:30
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Decent output levels are keeping iron ore supported for now. There’s nothing good happening property. Compared to December, China’s on-budget fiscal revenue and off-budget land sales revenue both weakened meaningfully in January-February, more significant than the deceleration in government spending growth. Our proprietary “augmented fiscal deficit” (AFD) metric widened slightly in February vs. December on |
Cheeseburger Gothic
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:12
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:00
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CBA’s excellent economics team has provided a comprehensive analysis of the federal budget. Below are key extracts broken down by theme. Overview: In the near term, the key economic and fiscal aggregates in the 2025-26 Budget are largely unchanged from the last official update in December, and broadly in line with our own forecasts. The The post The ultimate federal budget breakdown appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
xkcd.com
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:00
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 10:30
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DXY faded a little AUD lifted a little. Lead boots are at a standstill. Gold pausing. Trump lunacy has overtaken oil as he smashes Venezuela and Iran while promising cheaper petrol. Copper is insane. This is bad for everybody except Goldman Sachs. Big miners sag on. EM yawn. Junk yawn. Yields eased. Stocks firmed. I The post Australian dollar tortured by the orange madman appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 10:00
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Treasurer Jim “chicken” Chalmers’ has released a hopeful new budget based upon some rosy assumptions. The headline numbers are realistic, but the wage price index is not going to re-accelerate unless unemployment falls more than forecast amid ongoing mass immigration of cheap Indian workers. This is a problem for revenue, especially with the mooted tax The post Chicken Chalmer’s budget high appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 09:40
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In Tehran, Iranians are anxiously wondering whether, once their economy is exhausted and they can no longer defend themselves, the Israelis and the United States will bomb them. Under these circumstances, should they or should they not negotiate with the enigmatic President Donald Trump?
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 09:30
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Could it be that sense will finally prevail? ABC. Gas giants would be forced to supply more energy to the domestic energy market under gas reservation plans that could be adopted by both sides of politics in an election shootout over how best to secure more energy and drive down prices. In moves that would The post Gas reservation surges into election appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 09:00
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A bit of Fedspeak overnight was overshadowed by the Clown Show in the White House overnight as markets remain somewhat hesitant as the April 2 deadline for Trump’s Tariff Tirade beckons. European shares were able to rebound firmly while Wall Street gave up some late gains to finish slightly higher. The USD pulled back ever The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 08:51
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 08:00
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The Albanese government’s first budget, released in October 2022, forecasts net overseas migration of 470,000 over its first two financial years (2022-23 and 2023-24). They delivered more than double this number, with 1,060,000 net migrants arriving over nine quarters to Q3 2024. The May 2024 federal budget forecast net overseas migration of 260,000 for this The post Population forecasts exacerbate housing crisis appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 07:54
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IMAGINE YOU’RE A BRAND NEW YOUNG ADULT WHO HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN A WEAPON: THE RIGHT TO VOTE. In Australia, it’s also an obligation. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 07:35
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 07:26
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 06:00
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Roy Morgan Research has released polling, taken before Tuesday’s federal budget, showing that Labor (53%) has gained a strong lead over the Coalition (47%) on a two-party preferred basis. “If a Federal Election were held now, the ALP would be returned to Government with an increased majority with the ALP”, Roy Morgan reported. Roy Morgan’s The post Betting markets abandon Peter Dutton appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 22:58
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In just a few short days, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their most obsequious supporters attempted to shift from America First to Empire First in a shocking rebranding of globalism that would make transnational institutions like the World Economic Forum, Council on Foreign Relations, and Bilderberg Group proud.
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 22:12
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Labor handed down the ultimate pre-election pork-barreling budget, promising workers two more rounds of tax cuts and increasing expenditure in what will be the largest budget deficit since the pandemic. Major announcements included: a $17.1 billion package of income tax cuts (over five years); an $8.4 billion boost to Medicare; a $1.8 billion extension of The post Labor’s budget rolls out the pre-election pork appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Prosper Australia
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 21:12
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Prosper Australia urges the government to embrace real reform that ensures prosperity is shared by all. |
Cheeseburger Gothic
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:41
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:30
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Not much action across Asian stock markets although offshore Chinese markets are feeling the pinch while mainland shares are unchanged as are the satellite Australian local stocks which have tread water again. The USD is also largely unchanged against the major currency pairs while the Australian dollar is failing to get back above the 63 The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:17
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:56
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