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Finland, ranked the world's happiest nation for eight years and traditionally one of the European Union’s most fiscally disciplined countries, has just received a wake-up call from Brussels.

International Reading: Trump Official Panics as Brutal Jobs Report Blames Trump’s Tariffs – New Republic Donald Trump Jr-backed start-up scores $600mn US federal government deal – FT Trump says national debt is ‘peanuts’ and his tariff income will pay everyone a $2,000 dividend too—but the math doesn’t add up – AZ Express Main Street reels

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Australia's home battery rebate being eaten up by systems sized at 50 kWh and above, new data shows, amid rumours that changes to the policy's settings are afoot.

According to Cotality’s Pain & Gain Report for the September quarter, 94.8% of sellers across Australia achieved a record-high median profit of $315,000, up from $305,000 in the previous quarter. Since then, dwelling values posted two strong rises in October and November, increasing capital gains for holders of Australian property. The situation across the pond

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Victoria has legislated a target to source 95% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2035. This is one of the most ambitious renewable energy targets in Australia and globally, designed to accelerate the state’s transition away from cheap brown coal and toward cleaner energy sources, such as wind, solar, and storage. The target is

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Some WEF boffins are making no sense. Australia could double its iron export revenues to AUD250 billion ($162 billion) a year by shifting to low-emissions green iron. The country must accelerate two or more commercial-scale green iron ‘lighthouse’ projects by 2027 to secure first-mover advantage. A shift to green iron could help Australia cut up

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The Market Ear on some growing crosscurrents for stocks. Trying The 10 year holding “stubbornly” around that big 4.1% level. A close slightly higher and things could get a bit squeezy. Note the negative trend line from May as well as the 50 day around these levels. Source: LSEG Workspace The Jaws gap Japanese vs.

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The 2025 iron ore bust was a bust. Long live the iron ore bust of 2026! The jaws are still a problem. More of a problem than I was thinking. Goldman. While the market remained tighter than we expected in Q1-Q3 due to resilient Chinese hot metal production, and improving China growth expectations alongside the

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Two Danish companies are exploring the possibility of integrating offshore wind with marine electrification – essentially, charging infrastructure for battery powered vessels at sea.

Some academic claims we know what will be in Albo’s new gas reservation policy. While full details are yet to be announced, we know there will be three main elements: a mandatory reservation volume, a gas security incentive, and competitive domestic pricing. The mandatory reservation will require gas producers to reserve a portion of their

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Alarmist headlines in mainstream media over Victoria's energy transition bare little resemblance to the auditor general report they said they were quoting.

Wall Street had another slow session overnight with an unclear picture of the US labour market weighing on high expectations that the Fed will cut in next week’s FOMC meeting. Bond markets sold off while the USD was relatively steady after an initial drop on the jobless claims print with the Australian dollar holding just

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