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RBA: Australians face low wage future

October 17, 2025 - 00:05 -- Admin

Australians have endured the biggest decline in real wages in history. As of the June quarter of 2025, Australian real wages were still tracking 6.0% below their June 2020 level, at roughly the same level as December 2011. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Assistant governor and chief economist Sarah Hunter warned that Australia’s sagging

Macro Afternoon

October 16, 2025 - 16:30 -- Admin

Asian share markets are still trying to get a wriggle on as the trading week starts to wind down following some potential progress on the rare earth US-China trade war while the latest unemployment print locally is resetting the chances of more RBA rate cuts although the Australian dollar remains resilient against a very weak

Announcing MB Fund gold tilts

October 16, 2025 - 14:30 -- Admin

The gold boom has many investors asking for more precise ways to get exposure. Today we’re adding a Mid-Cap Gold tilt to our Direct Indexes—so you can target the part of the gold market that sits between physical bullion and the mega miners. What is the Mid-Cap Gold tilt? It’s a rules-based basket of ~a dozen listed gold

New Zealand’s magnificent house price crash restores affordability

October 16, 2025 - 14:00 -- Admin

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate by 3.0% to 2.5%, which has driven mortgage rates sharply lower. Even so, New Zealand home values have failed to respond, printing another month of zero growth in September, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) House Price Index (HPI).

Gold reaches ludicrous speed

October 16, 2025 - 13:00 -- Admin

The Market Ear with more. Soon Momentum in gold is beyond impressive. As we have been pointing out for weeks now, the current break out has a lot of similarities to the break out we saw earlier this year. That move saw gold gain some 28% before we paused. Apply the same “logic” to the

Gas cartel stabs Santos in the back

October 16, 2025 - 12:30 -- Admin

It is an easy and appropriate target. Origin Energy chief executive Frank Calabria has declared Australia’s energy market is “no longer working” to deliver affordable, reliable power capable of facilitating the transition to renewables, and sought urgent reforms, including limiting Santos-backed GLNG’s ability to buy gas from the domestic market. Mr Calabria said governments must

Aussies fear AI and rise of the machines

October 16, 2025 - 12:00 -- Admin

The explosion of artificial intelligence has triggered one of the largest capital expenditure booms in history. Trillions of dollars are being poured into building and upgrading data centres, which now sit at the heart of the global economy. The explosive growth of data centres has added significantly to global electricity demand. Global electricity demand could

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