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Macro Morning

March 25, 2024 - 09:00 -- Admin

Friday night was a consolidation session for risk markets as they digested all the interest rate meetings of the week, with US bond yields falling slightly while the USD held sway over the currency majors. Wall Street stumbled a little bit but held on to their gains while European stocks were all over the place

Shrinking block sizes won’t ease housing affordability

March 25, 2024 - 00:05 -- Admin

Domain claims that dramatically shrinking the lot sizes of Australian homes would improve affordability. “Housing will become more accessible to more people as they can buy a smaller block but for a lower overall price”, said Nicola Powell, Domain’s chief of research and economics. “The cost of land is the major component in a house

Iron ore outlook darkens further

March 23, 2024 - 09:17 -- Admin

The dead cat bounce in Chinese steel prices continued Friday, though SGX iron ore flamed out: The Dalian Death Cross is here: The latest MySteel data remains alarming: Its commentary is equally so: The blast furnace (BF) capacity utilization rate among the 247 Chinese steel producers under Mysteel’s regular tracking ended a four-week drop and

Say “No” to a Big Australia

March 23, 2024 - 08:00 -- Admin

On April 20th, MacroBusiness’ very own Unconventional Economist, Leith van Onselen,  will be the headline speaker at a public forum in Adelaide:  “From housing crisis to eco-crisis: Why Australia’s population growth is unsustainable?” Leith will be joined by Dr Jane O’Sullivan and Peter Strachan, the incoming President of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA is hosting this

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