With the federal election due by May 2025, all polling suggests that we are headed for a hung parliament. Roy Morgan believes that the result would be “too close to call.” Preferences would determine ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its half-yearly Financial Stability Review (FSR), which noted that around one-in-20 Australian borrowers have a cashflow shortfall: “In addition to cutting ...

Newspoll with the analysis. Labor’s primary vote has fallen to 30 per cent in NSW, marking a historical low with a swing against the Albanese government potentially enough to cost it three to four ...

You won’t see another short squeeze this violent for a very long time. The Market Ear. Beyond parabolic The CSI 300 is up some 27% from recent lows. We have a hard time remembering when an index went ...

The Albanese government delivered a second consecutive budget surplus, as illustrated below by Justin Fabo at Antipodean Macro: The underlying cash budget balance recorded a surplus of $15.8 billion ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released retail sales data for August, which jumped by a strong 0.7% over the month to be 3.1% higher year-on-year: The result smashed economists’ ...

These were from yesterday. In its regular meeting today (29 September) chaired by Premier Li Qiang, the State Council focused on the implementation of “launching a basket of incremental easing ...

Westpac with the note. The Westpac Card Tracker Index* has been relatively steady through September, holding at 135.4 in the latest week ended September 21. The data continues to point to a lacklustre ...