Opinions on AI range from it being another dotcom bubble to Terminator 2 scenarios. Regardless, no company or country can afford to be left behind. The good news for Australia is that AI is now the fastest growing area for business investment in R&D ...
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 morePresident Trump’s July 8 tariff deadline was extended to 1 August to give key negotiations more time. Japan and the EU both walked away with a 15% general tariff from their US “trade deals”. In return, they had to promise a lot of new ...
Learn moreThe world’s biggest steel maker needs to decarbonise its steel. Every year, China’s 1 billion tonnes of steel production results in around 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. If China’s steel industry was a country, it would be the fif ...
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 ...
Learn moreAny small, open economy depends on its major trading partner to flourish. Canada and Mexico need the US, Sweden and the Netherlands need Germany, and Australia needs China. As the major trading partner goes, so does the smaller dependant trading partner ...
Learn moreIt 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 ...
Learn moreWith an IRR of 13.8%, Australian-focused private capital funds are outperforming other regions and have the second-lowest risk after European-focussed funds (see chart below). Australia’s private capital market is of course smaller than those of t ...
Learn moreTwo weeks after his election win, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Rome in triumph. While Australian prime ministers are not ordained by God, he may have offered his thanks at the first mass of the new pope. Three months ago, many expected ...
Learn moreGauging the fallout from Trump’s tariffs will take months if not years but for US beef exporters, the impact has been immediate. China is delaying the renewal of export licenses for US abattoirs. Australian beef exporters have experienced similar ...
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