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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 16:30 Source

The fallout from last night’s selloff on Wall Street has hit most of Asian markets in today’s session although local shares escaped the carnage following yesterday’s hold from the RBA. The USD reversed slightly against some of the major currency pairs particularly the Australian dollar although the Canadian Loonie couldn’t find any support as the

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Renew Economy Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 14:43 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 14:00 Source

The past month has seen a procession of opinion polls proving that Australians reject excessively high immigration levels. Polling by Macquarie University’s Housing and Urban Research Centre showed that two-thirds (66%) of respondents believe that Australia should reduce the rate of immigration to address the housing crisis: Resolve Political Monitor’s polling of 1,800 Aussies from

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Renew Economy Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 13:40 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 13:30 Source

There is nothing gold likes less than a strong DXY supported by a hawkish central bank. The Market Ear. Watching $3900 Gold putting in another big down candle. $3900 is the line in sand level to watch (50 day comes in slightly lower). A close below that area and things could accelerate further to the

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 13:00 Source

In the world of economics, a recession is often defined as two consecutive quarters of declining economic growth in inflation-adjusted terms. But in the realm of housing supply, the role of inflation is played by demand growth. By this metric, Australia’s housing supply growth has been in a recession in net terms for over four

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Renew Economy Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 12:49 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 12:30 Source

I reported earlier this week that the number of temporary visa holders in Australia (excluding visitors) hit a record high of 2,547,000 in the September quarter of 2025, up 83,200 on the prior year’s record: The share of Australia’s population on temporary visas has also ballooned to a record high of 9.2%, up from 7.2%

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 12:00 Source

The problem with wind and solar power is that they are weather-dependent and intermittent. Renewables don’t balance supply with demand. They supply too much power when it isn’t needed (e.g., in the middle of the day) and minimal power at other times, including the evening peak. This solar glut can also force energy regulators to

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 11:30 Source

Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), warned that a foreign government might attempt to kill a dissident on Australian territory, and the majority of outlets carried his warning overnight. In a speech to Sydney’s Lowy Institute think tank yesterday night, the head of ASIO stated that there was a “realistic possibility”

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 11:00 Source

The jaws must shut to restore steel mill profitability. The range trade must break down. Scuttlebutt is nasty. Iron ore prices typically rebound from early November to February before easing. However, significant losses from winter stockpiling in recent years, along with current high operating rates, may curb stockpiling enthusiasm this year, said Chinese broker Zhongtai

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xkcd.com Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 11:00 Source

The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Wall Street corrected sharply overnight led mainly by tech stocks as the NASDAQ fell back nearly 2% in response to a variety of concerns – mainly the looming spectre of stagflation – but also some disappointment around earnings at the orc-stronghold of Palantir. The USD is pushing higher against all the majors with the Canadian

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Renew Economy Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 19:44 Source
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Club Troppo Sunday, October 26, 2025 - 16:48 Source

The latest figures on intimate partner femicide show much of a recent rise in men killing women has now been reversed, at least temporarily. Prologue: Violence against women is a bad thing, and it’s still bad even when, as the … Continue reading →

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Club Troppo Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 16:42 Source

                Luke Slawomirski, a health economist I met at the OECD over a decade ago when I proposed Gruen Tenders among other things to the health policy folks there. Anyway, in August Luke, … Continue reading →

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George Monbiot Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 17:32 Source

The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th October 2025

Crucial to the government’s war on nature is the “cauldron principle”. If a species is to be blamed for “holding up development”, it must be one you might find in a witch’s cauldron. The culprits are never dormice, otters, water voles, nightingales, turtle doves or orchids, widely considered cute or beautiful. They are bats, newts, snails and spiders.

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