The Market Ear on the stock stall. SPX levels SPX is trading inside the trend channel that has been in place since late May. Short term support at 6300 (futures), which is the lower part of the channel. 50 day comes in around the 6200 area. Resistance: ATHs. Source: LSEG Workspace NASDAQ levels NASDAQ is
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Statistics New Zealand on Tuesday released Q2 labour force data, which reported a decline in employment and a rise in both unemployment and underemployment. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, overall employment in New Zealand declined by 0.1% in Q2 and was 0.9% lower over the year. New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose
The Productivity Commission is taking a rosy view of AI. AI will likely raise productivity, but there is ongoing debate about the magnitude of this effect. Studies suggest AI could increase multifactor factor productivity between 0.5% to 13% over the next decade (0.05 to 1.3 percentage points annually). After examining the assumptions underlying these studies,
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) released new car data for July, which reported the strongest monthly sales on record with a total of 103,097 vehicles delivered over the month. This was 3.6% higher than the same month last year. “We are now seeing confidence return to the market, supported by a recent interest
This is as predictable as it is awful to watch: Australia’s biggest corporate taxpayer, BHP, and the federal government’s productivity adviser are at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce a cash-flow tax on companies, undermining Jim Chalmers’ push to achieve consensus at his economic roundtable. Instead of tax, which will be the final topic discussed
ANZ-Indeed jobs ads are interesting. The ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads series edged lower from a revised 116.3 in June to 115.2 in July. The series remains within a tight 114–117 range and has largely been tracking sideways since mid-2024. The June labour force survey revealed some signs of labour market easing, with the unemployment rate
Since the pandemic, Queensland has been a magnet for residents of southern states, including Victoria. Over the five years to Q4 2024, 163,200 residents from other states relocated to Queensland. Many of these residents came from Victoria, which lost 82,130 net residents over the same period. The spike in net interstate migration into Queensland, along
Various narratives supporting and opposing the concept of working from home continue to propagate amidst the ongoing debate surrounding its benefits and politics. One of the most widely held ideas is that any job that can be done full-time, working from home, can also be done by a remote worker in another part of the
Ferrous is doing a merry dance as steel and iron ore trade places. One of the mysteries of this year’s ferrous markets has been why or how seaborne market production increases have been absorbed without too much price damage. The output increase has been relatively small so far, and the stock has been offset by
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