High levels of foreign migration have become contentious throughout the developed world. A 2023 Dutch study even sought to calculate the net-fiscal benefit of migrants by origin. So while reading Australia’s 2026-27 Medium-term Budget Outlook, a s ...
Learn moreHigh levels of foreign migration have become contentious throughout the developed world. A 2023 Dutch study even sought to calculate the net-fiscal ...
Learn moreHigh levels of foreign migration have become contentious throughout the developed world. A 2023 Dutch study even sought to calculate the net-fiscal ...
Learn moreWith the war in the Middle East petering out and after three rate rises this year, the RBA is feeling much better about inflation and its ability to deal with whatever comes next. Warsh put his stamp on the FOMC, and June marks ten years since the Brexi ...
Learn moreThe war in the Middle East continues to play havoc with global inflation, bond yields, and growth. After three-consecutive rate rises, the RBA will likely keep rates on hold next month. Meanwhile, the US is moving from a position of a possible rate cut ...
Learn moreThe German economy stalled when the Ukraine war pushed up its electricity prices. Similarly, many economies are sputtering with the impact of the Iran war. Australia experienced higher gas prices at the start of the Ukraine war and many industries a ...
Learn moreWhile China overtook Japan as Australia’s largest export destination in 2009, Japanese foreign direct investment in Australia is currently over four-times that of China’s. Japanese FDI flows in Australia has increased significantly since ...
Learn moreThe RBA raised interest rates by 25 bps to 3.85%. It was a unanimous decision. Recent inflation and employment data were hotter than the surface of the courts at the Australian Open! The RBA had signalled at its last meeting that it might need to ra ...
Learn moreGovernment interest payments on public debt will be a hot topic in 2026. As the income tax cuts from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act come into force, attention will again turn to the sustainability of US debt. Japanese interest payments will also g ...
Learn moreThe RBA kept interest rates unchanged at 3.6%. It was a unanimous decision. And so it came to pass that the last two higher than expected monthly inflation indicators begot a higher than expected September-quarter inflation result. And the RBA gover ...
Learn moreThe RBA kept interest rates unchanged at 3.6%. It was a unanimous decision. The RBA gets nervous when data comes in higher or lower than their forecasts. Since the last Monetary Policy Board meeting on 11-12 August, June-quarter GDP, the July monthl ...
Learn moreAs expected, the RBA cut the cash rate by 25 bps to 3.6% at its August meeting. Even your Uber driver could have predicted the outcome given recent data! However, rather than focussing on the interest rate cut they all so desperately wanted last mee ...
Learn moreDespite the market having the probability of a 25 bps cut at 97%, the RBA decided to keep the rate on hold at 3.85%. The decision was 6 in favour and 3 against. Both headline inflation and the RBA’s preferred measure trimmed-mean inflation are ...
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