We review the latest data from our rolling household surveys for July 2019.
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Clinging To The Trade Life-Line [Podcast]
We look at the latest trade figures, which reached another record.
End Cycle Or Mid Cycle? – That Is The Question!
We consider the point in the economic cycle we are in, given the Fed’s move last week. Meantime, in Australia, how close to the brink are we now?
Where Has All The Foreign Money Gone?
Property expert Joe Wilkes and I look at falling sales as foreign property buyer exit. The liquidity fallout will be huge, and its happening in many countries. One reason to be cautious on property.
Chaos City – The Property Imperative Weekly 3rd August 2019 [Podcast]
The latest edition of our weekly finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.
The Real Issues Behind The Cash Ban [Podcast]
Last Friday the Treasury released a draft bill which would ban cash transactions above $10,000. But I discuss the real story, with the CEC‘s Robbie Barwick. It has more to do with negative interest rates than may first appear.
Email: blackeconomy@treasury.gov.au with the subject line:
Submission: Exposure Draft—Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019
Home Prices Stabilised In July [Podcast]
We look at the latest data from CoreLogic.
Fed Cuts, But “A Mid-Policy Adjustment” Only [Podcast]
The Fed cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since the financial crisis, as had been expected, citing slowing business investment and below target inflation.
Real Disposable Income Has Stalled Since 2009 [Podcast]
We look at today’s release of the 17th wave of Australia’s Household, Income and Labour Dynamics Survey (HILDA) tells us that despite the official statistics, people were right to feel they were going backwards.
https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/hilda
The Latest On Credit Growth, CPI And Other Things [Podcast]
We review the latest data from the RBA, APRA and ABS, plus higher mortgage delinquencies and new bill to clamp down on cash transactions. A lot to talk about!
Full show on the war on cash: https://youtu.be/770M2s6ZD8Y