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Australian universities are financial black holes

April 22, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

Australia’s universities must rank as the nation’s most poorly run organisations. The number of commencing full-fee-paying international students hit a record high of 215,000 in 2024, roughly triple the number recorded in 2005. The total number of international enrolments also hit a record high of 499,371 in 2024, nearly triple the 178.806 total enrolments recorded

Stocks gap into the gaps

April 22, 2025 - 10:00 -- Admin

I am of the school of thought that markets like to fill gaps. When large daily moves transpire, the market tends to reverse and then fill the large moves with smaller moves in the same direction.  It is a little disconcerting when this happens, but the resumption of the trend fills the gaps with more

Macro Morning

April 22, 2025 - 09:00 -- Admin

Risk sentiment continued its decline over the Easter weekend with Wall Street snapping back nearly 3% lower overnight as it appears all the puffery around trade deals from the Trump regime is exactly that – hot air! Currency and bond markets are broadcasting fairly clearly now that the global trade and financial system is reeling

Australia has sold its soul for a housing bubble

April 22, 2025 - 00:10 -- Admin

Australia’s property obsession is slowly strangling the nation’s economy. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the total value of Australia’s housing stock reached a record high of $11,032.2 billion at the end of 2024, with the average home valued at $976,800. CoreLogic’s latest monthly chart pack valued Australia’s housing stock at $11.3 trillion as

Aussie renter fights back!

April 18, 2025 - 00:30 -- Admin

For years, Macro Business has sounded the alarm about Australia’s immigration-driven housing crisis. The data is indisputable. Australia’s rental affordability has plummeted to a record low, with households forced to devote a record portion of their income to rent a home. Rents have risen about 50% nationwide since the pandemic’s beginning, driving the rental affordability

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