The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Lending Indicators for the September quarter of 2025, the highlight of which was the record lift in investor mortgage commitments, as charted below by Alex Joiner from IFM Investors: Source: Alex Joiner (IFM Investors)There were 57,624 new investment loans approved in the September quarter of 2025, a
I know a lot of people who matter read these posts. Why nothing gets done escapes me. The LNP has unnecessarily dumped net zero and opened itself up to another climate war. Apparently, its new energy principles will include. The two foundational principles are to create a stable energy grid with affordable power, and reduce
The Simandou iron ore project is nicknamed the “Pilbara killer” because it threatens Australia’s dominance in the global iron ore market, particularly the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This is because Simandou offers massive volumes of higher‑grade ore that could reshape pricing power and supply chains. Simandou in Guinea holds reserves of at least 3
Spinning lies and propaganda is an Australian politician’s modus operandi. The latest example comes from Tim Richardson, Victorian State Labor MP for Mordialloc and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier of Victoria. On November 11, Richardson tweeted the following propaganda, claiming that “Businesses are smashing it in Victoria!”: Hilariously, Richardson’s Tweet came out the day after
The ferrous complex remains in a state of paralysis as hopeful traders fight a deteriorating reality. Hopes a plenty! Hopes of more stimulus revived after China’s central bank said on Tuesday it would maintain “appropriately loose” monetary policy, keep liquidity ample while improving its policy transmission, as the economy still faces risks and challenges. The
DXY held last night. AIUD lifted anyway. CNY meh. Gold yeh. Are all metals AI now? The chosen one returns. EM meh. Is a downtrend forming in junk? Yields edged up. Stocks edged down. The US isn’t going to publish shutdown CPI or job numbers, straight out of Xi Jinping’s playbook. Helping gold. Credit Agricole
Risk markets continue to price in some stability returning to US governance with European shares also rallying on the better risk equation (aka less AI malevolence) with Wall Street again stumbling around overnight. The USD was relatively stable in the absence of any economic reports although it firmed against Yen and Pound Sterling while Euro
A poll put out by Resolve earlier this month asked respondents to say if they had a positive, neutral, or negative opinion of a list of federal politicians if they had heard of them. What it found was that compared with December last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had seen his standing improve from -17
The latest rental data from Cotality suggests that Australia’s rental market has tightened. Rental vacancy rates nationally fell to a new record low of 1.5% in October, down from 2.0% 12 months prior. The number of homes listed for rent across the combined capital cities has fallen to its lowest level on record for an
Another mixed day for Asian stock markets without a clear lead from Wall Street overnight as political machinations and a few central bank speeches within the region. The USD was largely unchanged although some commodity currencies moved higher while gold and the Australian dollar remained steady after holding on to their post weekend gap gains.