By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2% in August. Australia’s population rose by 0.5% in Q1 25 to 27.5 million people. The annual growth rate eased to 1.6%. Offshore, the US Fed Reserve took centre stage cutting the funds rate by 25bp as was widely expected. The BoC
This week, Cotality released data, based on around 97,000 resales, showing that 94.8% of sellers made a nominal profit across Australia in Q2 2025. The median profit on sale also hit a record high of $315,000, up from $305,000 in the previous quarter. New South Wales, which is home to the nation’s most expensive homes,
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On Thursday, Stats NZ released the Q2 national accounts, which revealed a sharper-than-expected decline in real GDP. New Zealand’s GDP declined 0.9% in the June 2025 quarter and was down 1.1% year over year. For the third consecutive quarter, annual GDP fell. The following chart from Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro shows that New Zealand’s
With the release of the latest national accounts data showing that household consumption had grown by 0.9% in inflation-adjusted terms and the ABS Household Spending Indicator showing spending up by 0.5% MoM in July and up 5.1% YoY, some are questioning whether rate cuts are working. Before we get into the numbers detailing how rate
To say that things have gone wrong for the Coalition after taking a 52% to 48% two-party preferred lead into the run-up to May’s federal election would be an understatement. Between a series of major unforced political errors and having their policy platform, which was effectively crafted with crayon, poorly received by the electorate, the
Luke Yeaman, Chief Economist at CBA, penned a report on the Australian federal budget, which “is projected to return to deficit over the next decade”. While “tax receipts are strong”, Yeaman notes that “structural spending has lifted to levels rarely seen in Australia outside of major economic shocks”. While spending pressures are evident across most
The climate change pantomime has taken an interesting new twist, with low-lying Pacific Nations lambasting Australia over its approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project extension. Anote Tong, who led the small Pacific nation of Kiribati between 2003 and 2016 accused Labor of putting economic interest before the security of important allies in the
Teal independents continue to run interference for Big Australia mass immigration. In 2022, Zali Steggal, a Teal member from Warringah (which includes Sydney’s rich northern beaches), supported a large increase in immigration to combat labour shortages. In 2024, Steggal called for a 75% 2030 emissions reduction target for Australia, ignoring the fact that aggressively growing