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The economic week ahead

October 5, 2025 - 15:59 -- Admin

By Trent Saunders, economist at CBA The RBA left the cash rate on hold at 3.60%, as expected, but the accompanying statement carried a more hawkish tone. We crystallised some of the upside risk to inflation in our forecasts this week, upgrading our estimate for trimmed-mean inflation in Q3 from 0.7% to 0.8%/qtr. This uplift

China turns off the iron ore taps, a sign of things to come?

October 3, 2025 - 12:00 -- Admin

In the years since China began its meteoric rise to become the world’s unrivalled manufacturing hyperpower, Beijing has increasingly used trade as a tool to exert pressure on companies or governments. By weaponising Chinese demand for everything from overseas holidays to agricultural produce, Beijing has been able to extract concessions from nations reliant on China

A perfect storm for Aussie housing

October 3, 2025 - 11:30 -- Admin

With the release of the latest ABS Building Approvals data for August, it was revealed that dwelling approvals had fallen by 6.0% on a month-on-month basis but were still up 3.0% year-on-year. However, looking at a chart of trend approvals shows they had rolled over recently. This provides a concerning sign that there may not

Optimism for Australia’s future collapses

October 3, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

Upon the arrival of the pandemic in Australia in early 2020, the consumer confidence of the nation’s households experienced a sharp decline and has remained turbulent. By mid-2021, consumer confidence within ANZ-Roy Morgan index had returned to pre-Covid levels. Then, with the 2021 round of lockdowns and pandemic-driven restrictions, it began to tumble again. While

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