Exclusively from national treasure, Gerard Minack. Australian rates and sticky inflation Expectations for RBA policy have swung 180° through the past three months, from easing to tightening, as inflation lifted through the second half of 2025. There is noise in the data so I’m not as sure as the market that the RBA will tighten
DXY is back in a big short squeeze. AUD was dumped then pumped. CNY supportive. JPY not. Slaughter. More slaughter. Miners held on. EM still coming off. Junk no bueno. The Warsh effect on yields will not please the boss. Stocks rebounded moderately. In data, the ISM popped. Relative US growth is surging versus the
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India and the US have agreed to a trade deal, President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Monday.
The countries failed to reach an agreement after several rounds of talks in 2025 and Washington imposed a 50% tariff on New Delhi, half of which was a penalty for India’s purchases of Russian oil.
Ben was joined by Donna Weeks, emeritus professor at Musashino University, to discuss this coming weekend’s Japanese general election, where new prime minister Sanae Takaichi will be attempting to achieve her own mandate.
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service: France preparing coups in AfricaFrance is preparing scenarios for neo-colonial coups on the African continent and is looking for opportunities for ‘political revenge’ in the region, TASS reports with reference to the Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia.
A half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, on Jan. 24 by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun, and then shooting him nine times in the back.
American Gestapo/American Psycho
Australia’s 5% deposit scheme has triggered a surge in first‑home buyer activity, but mortgage brokers warn the same policy is now likely to hurt those buyers the most if interest rates rise on Tuesday. Loan Market data shows a 49% jump in first‑home buyer mortgage applications in October (when the scheme began). Activity slowed in November but
The world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility has reached full operation in underground salt caverns in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.
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For Sarah Ferguson and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, this latest drop of Epstein emails will only add to their embarrassment.
Australia is keen to build key components of the solar supply chain, and a new study says a plan to make solar wafers could be competitive.
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Its a sea of red across Asian share markets as margin calls from the precious metal collapse cause equities to fall over although there was a fair amount of regional data that added to the volatility, including poor Chinese PMI prints and weird moves on Korean markets. The USD remains on a tear against the
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Welcome to the age of psychological manipulation…
Tesla has unveiled its newest energy product during and the buzzy new item is, in fact, a rooftop solar panel, launched at a tumultuous moment for the EV maker.
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Plans to develop a hybrid solar and battery facility with up to eight hours of storage duration and 10 electric vehicle charging bays given federal green light.
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Large-scale renewable energy certificate prices have hit a new low, as demand continues to stagnate, falling below $6 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for the first time.
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