Insights, 12 Jan 2026

2025 Wrapped - Markets, Trump 2.0 and AI

Economic update - 2025 Review

For AI true believers, 2025 should have been the year that ushered in artificial general intelligence. For Trump true believers, 2025 was the year that Trump saved America, again. Everyone else was just happy that the AI boom did not crash and that ...

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News, 07 Oct 2025

Escalating along despite the bumps and bubbles

Economic Update - October 2025

Like President Donald Trump’s escalator stopping at the UN, the US Federal Government’s shutdown is producing some outrage, but is largely a non-event. What is important is that the US economy is holding up despite employment and inflation m ...

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Insights, 13 Jun 2025

Staying Positive - Australia’s Q1 GDP

Chart of the Month - June 2025

It has been a wild start to the year. Tariffs, floods, and Ange Postocoglou getting sacked at Tottenham 17-days after winning the Europa League! Despite all this, Australia’s real GDP grew 0.2% in the March quarter, on a quarterly basis (see chart ...

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News, 05 Jun 2025

Bracing for Impact

Economic Update - May 2025

The US equity market largely regained the ground lost in April as the market decided that it could see through Trump’s tariff tantrums. Like April, May was marked by more tariffs announcements, followed by more high-level meetings, and followed by ...

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News, 12 Jan 2024

Flight into 2024: December's Economic Departure Lounge

Economic Update - December 2023

The copyright to Peter Pan is now in the public domain. While Peter won’t grow up, we have economies that are not quite ready to slow down all the way! The soft landing didn’t happen in 2023 but still looks good for 2024.  What happ ...

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