Via ABS. The February 2025 seasonally adjusted estimate: Rose 0.2% month-on-month. Rose 3.6% compared with February 2024. Is that a trend reversal developing from weak improvement to failing improvement? Barely running at the pace of inflation and adjusted for population growth going backwards in February.
CoreLogic’s March housing results show that rental values are at record highs, having increased a further 0.6% in March. Dwelling rents rose across every capital city in March, led by a 1.2% lift in Hobart, while Melbourne recorded the smallest monthly rent rise, up just 0.3%. The good news is that annual rental growth has
JPM kicks us off. Country-Level: we look at Australia, Japan, and the UK as being relative safety havens. China may work, too, given the potential to add fiscal stimulus but that is a lower conviction long. US Sector Level: Energy and Utilities (ex-AI plays) are the two best longs and look for Lower-Income Discretionary and higher beta
After his recent botching of the Chinese maritime missile tour of Australia’s major cities, Albo is again trumped by the appearance of another hostile Chinese vessel. The Australian. Defence has handed responsibility for the monitoring of a suspected Chinese spy ship to the Australian Border Force despite Anthony Albanese’s claim that the ADF is on
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) does not mince words. GPG plays a critical function in supporting the reliable and secure operation of the power system. When coal generation and/or renewable generation output is low, it is often the role of gas-powered facilities to increase output to firm available electricity supplies. Analysis from the 2024
The ferrous complex continues to struggle. At issue are steel output cuts. Beijing said it intends to curb steel production in the country due to overcapacity. While there is no official release yet, some steelmakers have voluntarily reduced production in anticipation of the formal announcement, therefore curbing demand for iron ore. Furthermore, worries over demand
Last week’s softer-than-expected monthly inflation gauge from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was matched by the Melbourne Institute’s (MI) trimmed mean inflation gauge for March. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, the seasonally adjusted trimmed mean inflation fell to its lowest level since 2020 on a 3-month average basis. The following
As the April 2 deadline looms for the Fanta Fuhrer’s Tariff Tirade, Wall Street had to react to the weekend newsflow and did so with volatility plus, falling sharply before a late rebound while currency markets were more sanguine, waiting for actual results. The USD held against Euro and Pound Sterling while the Australian dollar
DXY was firm last night. AUD was not. Lead boots are holding on. Gold parabola. Trump needs to shut up about Iran, or he’ll derail the Bessent Plan via oil. Another copper bubble goes “pop”. Big Miner’s big bear is still hungry. EM meh. Junk stressy but not enough. Every time it falls, stocks party,
In late 2021, the Labor Party released its Powering Australia Plan, which promised to reduce NEM wholesale electricity costs by $11 per MWh, from $62 to $51, by 2025. Labor claimed that its Powering Australia Plan would save Australians $275 on their residential power bills by 2025 and an additional $103 by 2030. On dozens of