The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) does not mince words. GPG plays a critical function in supporting the reliable and secure operation of the power system. When coal generation and/or renewable generation output is low, it is often the role of gas-powered facilities to increase output to firm available electricity supplies. Analysis from the 2024
The ferrous complex continues to struggle. At issue are steel output cuts. Beijing said it intends to curb steel production in the country due to overcapacity. While there is no official release yet, some steelmakers have voluntarily reduced production in anticipation of the formal announcement, therefore curbing demand for iron ore. Furthermore, worries over demand
Last week’s softer-than-expected monthly inflation gauge from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was matched by the Melbourne Institute’s (MI) trimmed mean inflation gauge for March. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, the seasonally adjusted trimmed mean inflation fell to its lowest level since 2020 on a 3-month average basis. The following
As the April 2 deadline looms for the Fanta Fuhrer’s Tariff Tirade, Wall Street had to react to the weekend newsflow and did so with volatility plus, falling sharply before a late rebound while currency markets were more sanguine, waiting for actual results. The USD held against Euro and Pound Sterling while the Australian dollar
DXY was firm last night. AUD was not. Lead boots are holding on. Gold parabola. Trump needs to shut up about Iran, or he’ll derail the Bessent Plan via oil. Another copper bubble goes “pop”. Big Miner’s big bear is still hungry. EM meh. Junk stressy but not enough. Every time it falls, stocks party,
In late 2021, the Labor Party released its Powering Australia Plan, which promised to reduce NEM wholesale electricity costs by $11 per MWh, from $62 to $51, by 2025. Labor claimed that its Powering Australia Plan would save Australians $275 on their residential power bills by 2025 and an additional $103 by 2030. On dozens of
A sea of red across Asian stock markets in response to the poor finish to the trading week on Friday night on Wall Street with Japanese bourses falling sharply as exporters worry about the next round of Trump tariffs. The USD is losing ground against most of the major currency pairs although the appreciation in
New Zealand’s unemployment rate increased to 5.1% in Q4 2024 from 4.8% in Q3 2024. In comparison, Australia’s unemployment rate was 3.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (4.1% in January), the largest difference since Q3 2012. As a result, large volumes of Kiwis have left New Zealand for Australia. New data from Stats NZ,
The idiot MSM is at its gotcha worst. Peter Dutton has again refused to offer a figure for how much power prices would come down under a government he leads, while assuring those prices would nonetheless be lower than they would be under a re-elected Labor government. Assuming Dutton dropped the spot gas price to
Iron ore continues its plod sideways as steel falls away. The Office of the Chief Economist’s quarterly forecast is out is an interesting mix of fear and greed. It has finally mustered the courage to include the Pilbara killer in its supply outlook but it has spread the ramp up of shipments very conservatively so