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Optimism for Australia’s future collapses

October 3, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

Upon the arrival of the pandemic in Australia in early 2020, the consumer confidence of the nation’s households experienced a sharp decline and has remained turbulent. By mid-2021, consumer confidence within ANZ-Roy Morgan index had returned to pre-Covid levels. Then, with the 2021 round of lockdowns and pandemic-driven restrictions, it began to tumble again. While

International students refuse to return home

October 3, 2025 - 10:00 -- Admin

I reported this week on Jobs & Skills Australia’s (JSA) latest study on the international education sector, which admitted that the primary motivation for international students to choose Australia is to obtain work rights and permanent residency. Nearly 70% of international higher education students reported migration as a key factor in their decision to study

Steel piles up in China

October 3, 2025 - 09:30 -- Admin

The BHP dispute is capturing the headlines, but it’s the steel glut that is driving ferrous market pricing. Even after another accident at Simandou yesterday, costing three lives, the market could not find a bid. The problem is that there is far too much steel, so prices keep falling. This is the perverse fruit of

Stock bull runs wild

October 3, 2025 - 09:00 -- Admin

The Market Ear on a bull gone mad. Most shorted mania Most shorted needs a bigger chart soon. Note that we are in overbought territory, but RSI is actually slightly lower than what we saw during the latter part of September. Source: LSEG Workspace MOVE chilling Bond volatility remains “depressed”. Noteworthy is that VIX has

Australia’s high-rise apartment solution is built on delusions

October 2, 2025 - 13:00 -- Admin

The Albanese government’s fantastical target of building 1.2 million dwellings over five years is centred on delivering a boom in high-rise towers. I have repeatedly warned that state and federal government plans to blanket our cities with high-rise apartments are unrealistic, would not improve Australian housing affordability, and would degrade liveability. The August dwelling approvals

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