The December Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Outlook (MYEFO) projected that Australia’s net overseas migration would fall to 375,000 this financial year. Labor’s projection was categorically blown out of the water by Tuesday’s net permanent and long-term arrivals figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which recorded the strongest monthly (105,500), quarterly (172,400), and annual
The December quarter national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded that GDP per capita fell by 1.0% in 2023: Real per capita household final consumption also fell by 2.5% in 2023, which drove the 0.3% annual decline in per capita final demand: Meanwhile, real per capita household disposable income in Australia plummeted
According to the most recent set of CoreLogic and PropTrack home value statistics, Perth is at the forefront of the nation’s price boom, with a spectacular rise in home values in the year to March. CoreLogic’s daily housing values index reported that Perth dwelling values increased by 19.8% in the year to March, considerably above
DXY is approaching resistance. If we get through, it will go nuts: AUD is pushing towards critical support: North Asia is a pair of concrete boots: Oil is consolidating while we await Netanyahu’s next act. Gold held: Miners still need the big retest: EM puke: Junk puke: Yields up: Stocks hanging on for grim death:
RIOn is out with its quarterly report, and it makes interesting reading for an iron ore shorter: • 2024 production guidance is unchanged. • Expectations for Pilbara iron ore shipments in 2024 remain at 323 to 338 million tonnes. SP10 levels are expected to remain elevated until replacement projects are delivered. This guidance remains subject
Young Canadians squeezed by housing are turning away from Justin Trudeau’s left-leaning Liberal Party: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015 with the support of younger Canadians drawn to his optimistic messaging and socially progressive values. Trudeau’s primary adversary, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has made significant gains among younger voters since he aggressively criticised
Westpac with the leading index. Leading Index growth rate drops to –0.23%. • Momentum likely to remain weak throughout 2024. • Pull-back in commodity prices drives latest slowing. • Most other components remain soft. The six-month annualised growth rate in the Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity relative
Westpac predicts that New Zealand CPI inflation will rise by 0.8% in the March quarter. That would see the annual inflation rate drop to 4.2%, down from 4.7% at the end of 2023. However, CPI inflation would still be stronger than the Reserve Bank assumed in its February Monetary Policy Statement. Westpac notes that while
Australia’s population increased by a record 660,000 people in the year to September, which is roughly 1.5 times the size of Canberra. On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released net permanent and long-term arrivals figures for February, revealing record arrivals on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. An unprecedented 105,460 net permanent and
Continued war jitters across the Middle East plus further Fedspeak overnight is not helping risk to stabilise, although Wall Street was able to put in only minor losses with Asian markets still reeling from yesterday’s wider selloff. The USD continues to push back against the undollars, although gold remains unflappable while bond yields jumped to