Risk sentiment continued its decline over the Easter weekend with Wall Street snapping back nearly 3% lower overnight as it appears all the puffery around trade deals from the Trump regime is exactly that – hot air! Currency and bond markets are broadcasting fairly clearly now that the global trade and financial system is reeling
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says all Australian government flags will fly at half-mast on Tuesday after the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis has died at the age of 88.
Klaus Schwab has stepped down as chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), ending more than five decades at the helm of the organization he founded in 1971.
Known for its annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, the WEF and its former leader became symbols of globalization.
The Easter ceasefire has come and gone, with Russia and Ukraine trading accusations over thousands of violations as fighting resumes across the front lines – yet another reminder of how difficult it is to bring this war to an end. Amid the renewed hostilities, Donald Trump’s long-promised peace plan is colliding with geopolitical realities.
Australia’s property obsession is slowly strangling the nation’s economy. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the total value of Australia’s housing stock reached a record high of $11,032.2 billion at the end of 2024, with the average home valued at $976,800. CoreLogic’s latest monthly chart pack valued Australia’s housing stock at $11.3 trillion as
Most credible researchers believe immigration affects house prices. The questions are: how muchs, and at what cost?
Peter Dutton’s Opposition has promised to cut Australian immigration by a quarter “to tackle the housing crisis“.
Is migration is putting pressure on housing prices? And will a 25 per cent migration cut relieve that pressure?
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'Hopefully' Russia and Ukraine 'will make a deal this week,' says US President Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that "hopefully" a deal can be struck "this week" without specifying what that arrangement would entail.
I have referenced the concept of “personal vote” and “sophomore surge” quite a few times during this campaign, and in the past, but I thought it would be useful to actually collect data and analyse how much of an effect we can detect from the swings data.
Having finished off the Easter eggs (or bunnies/bilbies) and Hot Cross Buns (though these are a year-round thing now), I ought to be turning attention back to what’s happening in the world. But that’s too depressing to look at, a view our aspiring leaders have endorsed by resolutely ignoring anything more geopolitical than the price of petrol.
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