Growth! S&P flash PMI. Flash Australia Composite PMI Output Index: 54.9 (Jul: Index, sa, >50 = growth m/m % qr/qr 53.8) Flash Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index: 55.1 (Jul: 54.1) Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI: 52.9 (Jul: 51.3) Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI Output Index: 53.9 (Jul: 52.3) Australia’s business activity growth accelerated midway through the
Overnight saw Wall Street stumble again, as big tech stocks couldn’t do the heavy lifting while European markets also pulled back slightly although the rising FTSE was an outsider. The release of the latest FOMC meeting minutes saw them highlight inflation and tariff risks with politics pushing in again as the Trump regime places pressure
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I think I am in a bad dream and soon I will wake and find Donald J. Trump didn’t happen.
I listen to hours of podcasts where pundits try to make sense of this creature. Like Atlas, he holds the world on his shoulders. Will he be doomed like the Titan God or smash us all before he is done?

US President Donald Trump has called Benjamin Netanyahu “a war hero” as the Israeli prime minister faces a global backlash over the Gaza humanitarian crisis and the Jewish state’s continued military campaign in the Palestinian enclave.
In an interview with conservative commentator Mark Levin on Tuesday, Trump called Netanyahu “a good man”who he said is “there fighting.”

Putin's wins keep piling up as Trump's Alaska Summit reveals the extent of Ukraine's defeat at the hands of Russia says geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar. This video breaks down the significance of the summit sending shockwaves across the world as the Ukraine war winds down.
Pepe Escobar: Putin’s Peace BOMBSHELL Breaks Trump, Ukraine’s Defeat Now Inevitable
Asian share markets are mainly down across the board as risk sentiment continues to shift further into negative space as we all await the Jackson Hole conference on Friday with Fed Chair Powell expected to make some comments regarding the actual trajectory of the US economy before he likely gets fired. The RBNZ cut rates
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I want to share with you an email I received today from someone who fancies their self as an astute analyst. This person falls far short of astute in my opinion, but the thinking revealed in the email does reflect the views held by many Americans with respect to what happened today in Washington when Trump met with Zelensky and his European pimps.
The Australian recently published Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) data showing that there is an abundance of applicants per job. This suggested that concerns surrounding labour shortages are overblown. At the aggregate economy level, there were 29.3 applications per vacancy, 9.4 qualified applicants per vacancy and 4 suitable applicants per vacancy: As illustrated below by Justin
It took Melbourne 165 years to hit a population of 3.5 million at the turn of the century. Over the first 25 years of this century, Melbourne’s population has grown by nearly 2 million, causing immense strain on housing, infrastructure, services, law and order, and overall living standards. The state government has also been buried
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