The Market Ear on the inflating bubble. Crazy can get crazier Even at all-time highs, markets still seem to have firepower left. Systematic buyers are stepping in, retail is betting on AI small caps, and hedge fund net length remains below peak. We’re not saying it’s rational—but in the land of melt-ups, “crazy can get
Gottiboff is in panic mode at The Australian about the AI revolution: In the next six to 12 months vast numbers of the Australian middle class employed in private sector service industries will either lose their jobs or will feel very insecure. Again, they are totally unprepared for what is ahead. Here in Australia much
Earlier this year, the Albanese government pledged more than $800 million in production subsidies for a green hydrogen project in remote Western Australia. This formed part of the federal government’s $8.7 billion war chest to create incentives for green hydrogen. Labor’s Future Made in Australia (FMIA) plan, revealed in 2024, included a $6.7 billion budget
From Twiggy Forrest today. The Australian. I love my country to my core and will defend it at any cost. I grew up in the great Australian Outback and fell heavily for the land we call our own. I’ve been a builder and creator for as long as I can remember, which led to the
Ian Verrender at the ABC is blunt. Peter Costello pulled the pin on a multi-billion transaction. So did Wayne Swan. Costello in 2001 rejected Royal Dutch Shell’s proposal to take a controlling stake in Woodside while Swan in 2011 put a stop to the Singapore Stock Exchange’s bid to take over the Australian Securities Exchange.
The broken-record business lobby has called on the federal government to lower Australia’s corporate tax rate. Business Council of Australia (BCA) President Geoff Culbert claimed that Australia’s 30% corporate tax rate is the third-highest among wealthy nations in the OECD and has made Australia uncompetitive and lowered invetment and productivity. “Our corporate tax rate is
It was a better day for the ferrous complex as it awaits the July Polibuo meeting, likely on July 31. The underpinnings of demand are still poor. Where official figures can mislead, PBoC surveys are better. Goldman. PBOC released its Q1 and Q2 surveys of bank loan officers, enterprises, and urban depositors on July 25,
So says Deutsche. AUD has risen to be the second-best performer in the G10 on a trade-weighted basis since we turned long in the May Blueprint(Figure1). Our more upbeat view has reflected two key factors. 1.Fundamental support was finally turning: the worst had passed for China and broader risk sentiment, and the domestic Australian economy
The trade war is over and everything will be awesome according to US officials in the Trump regime as the EU seemingly caved in on their respective trade “deal” aka framework, which has sent the USD higher while leaving European stocks adrift in a sea of trouble. Wall Street still pushed to new record
Victoria’s financial situation is dire. Victoria has the lowest credit rating in the nation and the highest per capita state debt. The major ratings agencies have warned that unless the state gets its debt under control, then it risks further ratings downgrades. Any downgrade would ratchet up interest repayments on the state’s debt, which are