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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 19:40 Source

US President Donald Trump has suggested that it is unlikely he will end up in heaven despite his efforts to mediate peace between Israel and Hamas.

During Trump’s flight aboard Air Force One to Israel on Sunday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked the president whether ending the war in Gaza would help him get into heaven.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 18:47 Source

 

Today, if we are to believe most polls, "Frexit" is supported neither by the majority of the population nor by the major parties. Is this because, ultimately, things are not so bad and there is therefore no need to try to improve the situation, or, as some claim, it would be apocalyptic if we did? On this fundamental question, there are numerous proposals, actions, and initiatives, as well as an abundant literature, all perfectly enlightening.

 

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 18:27 Source
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Digitopoly Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 14:01 Source

What can a nineteenth-century economist teach a twenty-first-century Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at one of the largest technology firms? More to the point, why is Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, quoting William Stanley Jevons? Jevons was a dominant figure in economic thought in Britain during the second half of the nineteenth century, but not today.

His work populates the earlier chapters of textbooks on the history of economic thought, where he is credited with being a pioneer in starting the Neoclassical School of Economics.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Honestly, is there no end to this woke claptrap? Jenna Price thinks kids are the abusers of poor victim teachers. Here’s where we are today. One in four teachers feels unsafe at work, says Fiona Longmuir of Monash University. That makes them want to leave teaching. Years ago now, she and her colleagues set out

The post SMH horrified by child abuse…of adults appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 13:30 Source

The NAB survey out yesterday was not very encouraging. The pent-up demand released by RBA rate cuts delivered a significant increase in consumer expenditure in the June quarter. However, business investment stayed low, indicating that companies were not inclined to make significant investments until they see more proof of a revival in domestic demand. Businesses

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 13:00 Source

Cotality’s rental data continues to deteriorate. The latest weekly market indicators report shows that rental listings have collapsed to a fresh low across the combined capital cities: Over the past year, total listings across the combined capital cities have declined by 18.6%, with double-digit falls recorded across every market: The vacancy rate across the combined

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 12:30 Source

The Guardian’s Luca Ittimani asks why state and local government plans to convert empty office buildings into apartments to ease the housing crisis have not come to fruition: Momentum to create homes out of empty offices has faded even as office vacancies rise and housing shortages intensify. Developers have not submitted a single application to

The post Another housing gimmick fails appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Australians are consistently ranked among the wealthiest people on earth. The 2025 UBS Global Wealth Report ranked Australians second in the world for median wealth, with the typical Australian having a net worth of US$268,424. Australia had 1,904 US dollar millionaires in 2025, according to UBS. However, Australia stands out from most other nations, as

The post Why Australians are ‘rich’ appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 11:30 Source

For the life of me, I don’t know why anybody wants to be long iron ore here but hey, that’s how markets work sometimes. Steel prices continue to fall, though long products are falling faster than flat products, which is key to some market resilience, as it helps hold up blast furnace output over electric-arc

The post Iron ore wakes in fright appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 11:04 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 11:00 Source

While Japan welcomes almost 37 million visitors per year and is widely considered one of the safest places in the world, in quarters more focused on economics, the focus is often placed on its status as a cautionary tale. In some ways, this characterisation is entirely fair. Japan is the developed world’s poster child for

The post Australia vs Japan – The Lucky Country Loses appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 10:30 Source

The biggest problem is the systemic long. Any decent shock gives VaR implosion. Fragile SPX futures basically reversing the bounce from yesterday. 6600 is the big short term level. The 50 day comes in right on that level. A close below, and 6500 is the next support, followed by the 100 day at 6400. A

The post Not out of the bear’s den appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 10:19 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 10:00 Source

This month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to hold the official cash rate at 3.60%, citing resurgent inflation risks. The RBA’s statement alongside its decision noted that “the decline in underlying inflation has slowed”, with “recent data, while partial and volatile, suggest[ing] that inflation in the September quarter may be higher than expected

The post The case against RBA rate cuts strengthens appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 09:30 Source

An MB reader has sent this excellent proposal for resolving the East Coast gas crisis by shutting down GLNG without creating sovereign risk. There’s a possible win/win/win scenario that could be negotiated Suitors for GLNG take a look at the books and run—I think the contingency liability not currently sitting on the Santos balance sheet

The post How to fix Santos, crash gas prices and avoid sovereign risk appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 09:06 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Wall Street is trying to continue its rebound from its Friday night slump while navigating a speech by Fed Chair Powell as other risk markets are still expecting another TACO trade setup when the Fat House eventually capitulates. Meanwhile the USD was unable to continue its nascent lift with most of the majors returning to

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 06:08 Source

DXY is hovering. AUD dumped and pumped on tariff headlines. CNY has rolled. Gold to heaven, oil to hell. Metals turned casinos. RIO is breaking out of the big bear on the debasement trade. If it mined gold, I might agree. It doesn’t. EM dubious. Junk trying at the centre , not so much the

The post Australian dollar tariffied to death appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 04:33 Source

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 03:33 Source

New research from investment bank Goldman Sachs affirms, as progressive advocates and economists warned, that US consumers are bearing the brunt of President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 00:05 Source

The latest batch of rental data from Cotality and SQM Research suggests that Australia’s rental market has tightened. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, Cotality reported a capital city vacancy rate of 1.5% in September, which was 0.4% lower than a year ago and the lowest vacancy rate on record: The number

The post Why Australia has a rental squeeze appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Club Troppo Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 22:26 Source

Share this video! Please! Well, the time has come folks. On Thursday I’ll be launching a video series that’s been over two years in the making. I could have written a book, but I made 20 short videos instead. Conner … Continue reading →

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Club Troppo Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 22:24 Source

This piece began as a lengthy comment responding to Ken Parish’s post on my proposal for a third ‘people’s chamber’ chosen by lottery. I posted it on Substack a few weeks ago, but thought it might be a worthwhile post … Continue reading →

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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 20:40 Source
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