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Australia’s job boom is over

August 11, 2025 - 11:30 -- Admin

Government-funded jobs have artificially fueled Australia’s jobs boom over the past two years. As illustrated below by Alex Joiner from IFM Investors, around 80% of jobs created over the past two years have been in the non-market sector, which is reliant on government funding. The non-market sector generated around 658,000 jobs between Q1 2023 and

Soaring unemployment has Kiwis raiding Australia

August 11, 2025 - 11:00 -- Admin

Last week, Statistics New Zealand reported that the nation’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in Q2 2025, the highest rate since Q4 2016. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, New Zealand’s underemployment rate also surged, suggesting significant surplus capacity in the labour market. The rise in New Zealand’s labour underutilisation rate comes

Gas cartel devours tax and rate cuts

August 11, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

In July last year, Stage Three tax cuts delivered the average household $2.200 per annum. These tax cuts have helped support a modest recovery in consumer spending. Perhaps the largest reason why the boost has been so modest, and is falling away fast, is that while the tax cut delivered an incremental gain in income,

Australia declares open season on visa racketeering

August 11, 2025 - 09:30 -- Admin

Australia currently has the highest share of temporary migrants and international students as a percentage of our population in the advanced world. The latest temporary visa data from the Department of Home Affairs shows that there were a record 2,460,000 temporary migrants in Australia (excluding visitors) in Q2 2025. This figure was up a whopping

Macro Morning

August 11, 2025 - 09:00 -- Admin

Friday night saw most stock markets rise including the NASDAQ which put in another record high despite obvious concerns that asset prices are overextended, but traders are betting on forthcoming cuts from the Federal Reserve amongst others in the battle against the Trump regime’s tariffs. The USD was mixed or lower against the majors although

Interest rates to keep on falling!

August 11, 2025 - 00:01 -- Admin

ANZ has a hilarious cash rate analysis today. It has been, and remains, one of the most hawkish forecasters. We expect a 25bp rate cut from the RBA’s 11–12 August Monetary Policy Board meeting. The ‘no change’ decision in July showed the Board does not see itself as under pressure to cut the cash rate

The economic week ahead

August 10, 2025 - 12:00 -- Admin

By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA It was a quiet week domestically with the ABS Monthly Household Spending Indicator surprised to the downside, rising by 0.5% in June to be 4.8% higher annually. Australia’s goods trade balance printed at $5.4bn in June. Offshore, the BoE cut the bank rate by 25bp to 4.0% as

Homebuyers hit pause ahead of RBA rate cuts

August 10, 2025 - 10:02 -- Admin

After months of strong results, Australia’s auction market has experienced a loss of momentum alongside a stalling of price growth. Last week’s final auction clearance rate fell to 67.1%, the lowest clearance rate in six weeks. PropTrack also recorded slower price growth over the July quarter: Cotality’s preliminary auction results for this weekend indicate a pause

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