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Higher and Higher

2

More of the same

3

Slowdown!

4

Weekend Edition: Australia’s Place in the AI Race: Passenger or Pioneer?

5

No brainer

6

Buybacks and battles - big moves in oil and bond yields

7

Tit for tat tariffs

8

Yen’s Night, Copper High

9

Payrolls reinforce rate rise, but Trump wants a cut

10

Weekend Edition: Brad Carr’s Five Big Worries

11

Waller Sounds the Bell of Hope for Inflation Outlook

12

Unexpected hawks and doves

13

Attacks, inflation and vigilantes

14

Month end, but no end for Iran

15

Hawkish Warsh

16

Weekend Edition: Platinum, gold’s harder working cousin

17

A rate hike and a cause for celebration

18

Refusing to back down

19

The Strait of Good Hope

20

The Economic Outcast and Other Stories

21

Bessent's Big Week

22

War, drought, debt – Simon French on Europe’s challenges

23

Disorderly trading?

24

The Bessent Buyback

25

Fear of commitment

26

Gloomy Monday

27

Glass half empty

28

Weekend Edition: Talkin’ Bout A Revolution

29

Softly Softly

30

No worse than expected

31

Wait and see

32

We don’t talk any more

33

Soft Jobs

34

Weekend Edition: On track for Net Zero? Do we know?

35

Kicking off again

36

Taking stock

37

Otherwordly

38

Open Tomorrow. Or Not.

39

Action on the Yen, no action in the Gulf

40

Weekend Edition: Industry Reservations on Gas Reforms

41

A world of confusion

42

Follow you, follow me

43

Just the way we like it

44

The chips are down (again)

45

Calm in the Storm

46

Weekend Edition: Gold - safe haven or speculative investment?

47

Oil back to triple digits

48

Oil climbs, diplomacy subsides

49

Pickaxe Diplomacy

50

Could a 10-day ceasefire stop the escalation in the Gulf?

51

Double Disruption

52

Weekend Edition: Taxing time for the gas industry

53

US Moderate Exceptionalism

54

Living in the Seventies

55

A thing of the past, but not yet.

56

Guardian for hire

57

Markets cling to hope

58

Weekend Edition: The ticking China timebomb

59

We are over it!

60

Trumps war of words

61

It’s not over till it’s over

62

Back and buying

63

Is this where oil is now?

64

Weekend Edition: Geoff Wilson on Taxing the future

65

Soft jobs, but not too soft

66

Nothing too Sintra-lating

67

Not so Zen about the Yen

68

What’s On: Doha, Tokyo, Sintra, Washington, Moscow

69

Skirmishes, Sintra and US Jobs Week

70

Weekend Edition: AI - Revolution, bubble or doomsday?

71

Peace de Résistance

72

Oil slides through the Strait, but underlying Aussie CPI is sticky

73

Risk off, but why?

74

More peace hope, more tech caution

75

No Strait Answer

76

Weekend Edition: Is property investment on the slide?

77

Big sail on, all ships must go

78

A succinct and hawkish Fed

79

Oil falls further, RBA holds

80

Strait Talking

81

A few hours away

82

Weekend Edition: Japan's High Flying Trapeze Act

83

A mega TACO moment

84

Paying the price of war

85

Helicopter oil money, and hike-free RBA?

86

Fed more certain, Gulf more unsettled

87

Weekend Edition: Electrifying Australia

88

Jobs Day

89

Warsh’s Dilemma

90

Slower growth for Australia

91

The truth about oil

92

The Still Waiting Game

93

Weekend Edition: Strait to the dinner table

94

Just a nod from Donald

95

Softer CPI, RBNZ itching to hike, hope drives oil lower

96

All Fired Up

97

Great Deal or No Deal

98

Optimistic exuberance to come?

99

Weekend Edition: Gearing Up for Gearing Down

100

Cracks starting to show

101

Just passing through

102

Oil has been rising, pass it on

103

Divided we stall

104

Xiing is Believing

105

Weekend Edition: Flying through an energy crisis

106

China warns of the Thucydides Trap

107

Battle chess with China

108

Chalmers, Starmer and Calmer

109

Iran’s ‘piece of garbage’

110

Good jobs and new hope

111

Weekend Edition: Joie de Super

112

The Waiting Game

113

Freedom Replaced with Hope

114

War on hold, RBA on the move

115

Oil higher as ceasefire breaks

116

Iran hasn’t paid the price

117

Weekend Edition: Beyond the Blockade. The Real-World Cost of the War.

118

New oil highs, AI distractions and Yen manipulation?

119

Divided He Falls. But Stays.

120

Still Rising

121

Call me sometime

122

Weekend edition: Steady Hand, Shifting Sands

123

Ratcheting Up

124

Looking through the fog of war

125

No talk, no sock puppet

126

You're Fired (on!)

127

An open and shut case

128

Weekend Edition: Phil Suttle on Blockades, AI booms and the end of efficiency

129

Mixed Messages

130

Buying Time

131

Talk of Talks

132

Stop the Boats

133

Stalemate

134

Weekend Edition: CEFC, NAB and the path to net-zero

135

The Phantom Toll Booth

136

Back from the brink, but not far back

137

Will he or won’t he?

138

Ratcheting Up

139

Terry Haines on Trump’s Strategic De-escalation

140

Glimmers of Hope

141

Walk Away

142

Powell talks down rate hikes

143

Inflation or demand destruction?

144

Weekend Edition: Build to Rent – the way of the future?

145

Will they, or won't they?

146

De-escalation? Perhaps.

147

Troops. Attacks. And Oil Back on the Rise.

148

Sounding the TACO bell

149

D-day for Hormuz

150

Weekend Edition: Martin Wolf on Navigating the Energy Shock

151

Energy Jolt: Attacks on Gas and Oil are Spiking Bond Yields

152

Fed says, ‘don’t worry’.

153

The R word

154

Risk appetite rises, but why?

155

Banks and bombs

156

Weekend Edition: Brookfield's Upson on AI's $7 trillion opportunity

157

War of words

158

Oil trapped by Strait’s jacket

159

Hawkish RBA and another TACO moment?

160

Reserves add a little light relief

161

A Crude Awakening

162

Weekend edition: Anastasia Clarke - pivotal moments on the way up

163

No end in sight

164

US ISM shines above war clouds

165

War escalates further. Stagflation?

166

How long will the fury last?

167

Running for Cover

168

Weekend Edition: NextDC – shovels for the AI gold-rush

169

Not Good Enough?

170

Aussie high, Yen lower, tech stocks optimistic

171

Tariffs back at 10 percent, AU inflation out today

172

About Turn on Risk

173

Courting global tariffs as US GDP takes a hit

174

Weekend Edition: AI Creates Jobs Too.

175

Aussie unemployment supports rate hike, higher tension in Middle East

176

War, wages and algorithms

177

Choppy markets settle as Middle East war risk fades

178

Out of Office

179

US inflation slows faster, but still a bit to go

180

Weekend Edition: From Dairy to Data: Can NZ Outgrow Australia’s Shadow?

181

The chips are down

182

Buy baby buy

183

Weak retail sales ahead of payrolls

184

Are things too good in the lucky country?

185

Will US optimism survive a record week for data?

186

Weekend Edition : Minotaur’s Funds Management by AI

187

Job slowdown and more AI worries

188

Tech hit, Iran delays, JOLTs today

189

RBA suggests a longer road to lower inflation

190

RBA’s new forecasts, no jobs data from the US

191

Gold goes cold as Fed takes a Warsh

192

Weekend Edition: An oil glut amidst geopolitical uncertainty

193

Too much AI? Will Trump strike Iran? China boosts iron ore.

194

Fed on hold for how long? RBA hike even more likely

195

Greenback goes even lower

196

Strong Aussie, rising Yen, less mighty dollar

197

Weekend Edition: the strategy behind Trump’s territorial intent

198

Escalate to de-escalate, again

199

No Going Back

200

Greenland heats up; Japan’s Liz Truss moment

201

Will Europe retaliate?

202

Snowblind

203

Weekend Edition: The property turnover problem

204

Calm Down

205

Uneasy Feeling

206

Help is on its way

207

Riding the Retribution Highway

208

Slip sliding away

209

Weekend Edition: 2025 – The Year Australia Held Its Own

210

Central Banks Deck the Halls with Cuts and Holds

211

Banking on a cut, a hike and a hold.

212

Get ready for rate hikes in early 2026

213

The Great Crawl of China

214

Central Banks Last Dash

215

Weekend Edition: View from the floor

216

Yields fall with Aussie jobs slide

217

Divided they cut

218

Is February in the running for an RBA hike?

219

The only way is up

220

RBA & Fed Week

221

Weekend Edition: Is Australia’s soft landing sustainable?

222

Could an RBA rise come sooner?

223

US jobs fall, AU GDP, softer but strong

224

A tiny bit more risk

225

Not very Zen

226

Back where we started from

227

Weekend Edition: The challenges for Aussie cotton

228

Lots to be thankful for

229

RBNZ cuts, BoE might, RBA won’t

230

US hope, UK fears, Aussie CPI

231

Tech looks for Fed’s gift for Christmas

232

A better week to come?

233

Weekend Edition: Super investments and the Aussie dollar

234

Too much is not enough

235

Too early, too late and too much

236

Nervous

237

Waiting for the numbers

238

No Bull on Beef tariffs

239

Weekend Edition: How far will AI investment go?

240

Is that it for the RBA? US missing October.

241

US vote to open, high for Aussie housing investment

242

US Ready to Open, Aussie confidence climbs, UK employment glum

243

Shutdown showdown ready to end? RBA’s easing over?

244

Not so fast!

245

Weekend Edition: Diversifying Australia

246

Jobs data lost on the foggy highway

247

Markets Climb, Jobs Hold, Trump's Wobbles

248

The race to stop inflation

249

Housing hotter ahead of RBA forecasts

250

Dribs and drabs

251

Weekend Edition: The Tasman Divide

252

He says, Xi Says

253

Fed Cuts, RBA in May, or Maybe Not

254

US confidence slides, tech expectations rise, Aussie CPI out today

255

Aussie dollar gains, gold dives on US China optimism

256

Deals, earnings and central banks – a busy week ahead

257

Weekend Edition: Is Australia America’s New best Friend?

258

Trump’s oil sanctions hit home

259

Light On

260

Gold prices lower, yet uncertainty is piled higher

261

Australia US deal - we dig it.

262

Getting along with China

263

Weekend Edition: Australian housing on the road to $12 trillion

264

The facts about Aussie employment

265

US earnings strong, future uncertain.

266

Powell talks jobs down, drives equities up

267

Peace for Middle East, hopes for China deal

268

Hot air on rare earths

269

Weekend Edition: The thirst for gold. How long before it loses its shine?

270

Markets cautious in data drought

271

Fed Minutes, Gold’s New High and the RBNZ’s big cut

272

US shut for a week, gold over $4k, RBNZ ready to cut

273

Konnichiwa and Au Revoir

274

Abenomics to rise again? Surprise as Takaichi wins the leadership race in Japan.

275

ASK ANDREW: On AI, Trump, Global Warming, Asia, Debt and Fraud

276

The jobs challenge

277

Dancing in the Dark

278

Schools Out. And so is the US government.

279

Lights out for US government

280

Happy Friday

281

Weekend Edition: China and US. Who holds the cards?

282

Faster US growth ahead of PCE data pushes us equities lower

283

Inflation numbers likely to keep RBA on hold well into next year

284

Powell keeps quiet, Trump speaks out

285

All talk from central bankers

286

US shares carry on regardless

287

Weekend Edition: Stablecoin – the Australian opportunity

288

More central bank decisions, more US optimism

289

Fed’s risk management cut

290

Cautious markets a day out from the Fed

291

Too ready for a Fed easing cycle?

292

Aussie dollar climbs above the uncertainty

293

Weekend Edition: Less autonomous central banks and the return of inflation

294

US inflation, jobless claims and equities, all pushing higher.

295

Less inflation and the world’s richest man

296

BLS rewrites US jobs history

297

Will US jobs numbers be revised down today?

298

US jobs shock. The focus is now on inflation.

299

The fragile hopes of Stablecoin

300

Get ready for the (soft?) US jobs number

301

Jobs openings data shows US on go slow

302

Soured sentiment sends yields soaring in the US and UK

303

Gold and the power triple

304

A week of politics, US jobs data and Aussie GDP.

305

Weekend Edition: The AI race. Build fast. Build big.

306

Does the growing US economy need a rate cut?

307

India slapped hard, Europe plays nice and NVIDIA offers no big surprise.

308

You’re Fired! Assuming it is legal.

309

Doves wings clipped

310

Who Let the Doves Out?

311

Weekend Edition: Dealing with the US. The tactics of an Aussie trade negotiator.

312

Walmart drags equities down, yields rise ahead of Jackson Hole

313

Tech fears and a Fed firing?

314

RBNZ ready to cut. US tech stocks step back.

315

Trump tries for a trilateral

316

US spends, China stumbles. Consumers worry

317

Weekend Edition: Japan works through its unwritten trade deal

318

Tariff effects? US producer prices, UK trade and Europe’s industrial production

319

Equities rise, bond yields falling. Bessent calls for bigger rate cut.

320

Swallowing the cost of tariffs

321

Tariffing in, taxing out

322

Trump’s man for the Fed

323

Weekend Edition: A Bold Take On Big Business

324

Tariffs kick in & BoE’s Close Call

325

Equites up as Apple brings it home

326

More tariffs and more stagflation fears

327

Oil down as Trump threatens India and OPEC+ pushes supplies higher

328

Revising history

329

Weekend Edition: NZ Super Fund – time on their side

330

Tariff delays already, ahead of today's deadline.

331

‘No preset course’ says Powell, as Fed waits longer

332

Oil worries, job slowdown and mega MAGA borrowing requirement

333

EU a little less excited one day on

334

Europe scores a deal

335

Weekend Edition: Can Australian exports iron out climate woes?

336

Trump drops by the Fed

337

Japan deal helps auto sector, but Trump still in the driving seat

338

24 hours from Tesla (and Alphabet)

339

Markets pulled between earnings and tariffs

340

Not so big in Japan.

341

Weekend Edition: Trump’s Winners and Losers

342

Accentuating the positive – S&P hits new high

343

You’re Not Fired (Yet)!

344

Are tariff impacts beginning to show?

345

Tepid Trump , Ruthless Rachel and Inflation Insights

346

Another TACO moment?

347

Weekend Edition: Delving deep into household spending

348

Markets ignore a 50% hit on Brazil

349

As quiet as it gets

350

Trump strikes a blow with copper

351

Zen and the Art of Trade Realignment

352

Tariffs are back. How hard will Trump go?

353

Weekend Edition: Will the Republicans Sail Through the Mid-Terms?

354

Beautiful Done Deal. Unemployment Down. Happy 4th July.

355

Vietnam’s deal, UK tears and a deluge of jobs data

356

Big Bill, Low Dollar

357

Canada caves, will others be forced to follow?

358

The MAGA MegaBill and Big Trade Deals

359

Weekend edition: Live long and prosper

360

Dedollarisation Day

361

The 5% Club

362

Highs and lows from Middle East peace hopes

363

Missiles don’t land, but Fed doves fly

364

Bunker down and pizza

365

Weekend Edition: Building bigger and better.

366

Kicking the can on Iran, dovish hold from the BoE

367

Fed all agree to hold, but mixed view on dots as outlook weakens

368

More signs of US slowdown, as Middle East tensions escalate

369

Underpricing war? Pulling out of the dollar.

370

Oil prices rise, gold hits new high, as Middle East war escalates

371

Weekend Edition: Back from the brink. How to save a business in distress.

372

Dollar not so mighty, job claims rising, Trump has envelopes ready.

373

No big deal, but softer US CPI.

374

All quiet on tariff talks, but UK surprises with soft jobs data

375

All eyes on US China talks. Trump wants rocket fuel from the Fed.

376

Weekend Edition: Trump is not the end of the world

377

Talks with Xi, a Broken Bromance and Jobs Worries

378

Economy goes soft as Trump plays hardball

379

Job openings up, but growth forecasts down (globally and at home)

380

Doubling Down on Doubling Up

381

Oil and steel kick off a week, that finishes with jobs

382

Weekend Edition: A pragmatic Trump and a determined China

383

Courting Trump

384

NVIDIA beats of revenue, but misses on margin

385

US bounces back from a long weekend

386

Trump’s EU U-turn

387

Going round in circles

388

Ask Andrew: On NAB Earnings, the RBA, AI and the Economy

389

Bonds back from the brink

390

Should we be worried about US yields?

391

It could have been bigger

392

Deal and no deal

393

Talking in all directions

394

Weekend Edition: Thinking beyond the deal

395

Bond yields sink as Fed bets rise

396

The bounce and the Beautiful Bill

397

Markets rally on hopes of more deals

398

90-day reprieve on debilitating US China tariffs

399

Substantial progress. But who holds the cards?

400

Weekend Edition: CRE – Why Everyone Needs Good NABERS

401

A deal, a cut and another Trump trade tip

402

Patient Powell wants to wait and see

403

Trump will make the call on tariffs, but not interest rates

404

Markets uncertain despite strong Services ISM

405

Will US jobs survive the tariff war?

406

Weekend Edition: Dwelling prices on the rise. Where next?

407

Strong earnings, future concerns

408

US economy shrinks, but is it temporary?

409

Hopes remain as real data starts to flow in

410

What’s in store for US shoppers?

411

99 days of confusion

412

Weekend Edition: The Dollar Will Continue to Slide, Come What May

413

China’s tariff hopes. A less worse scenario.

414

Peak Trump? Bouncing back on hope of deals

415

Battle for the Fed Control

416

Weekend Edition: Flying on Thin Margins

417

NVIDIA AI chip ban as trade war with China escalates

418

Boeing banned, bearish bank survey, royal win for Britain?

419

More tariff exemptions, but equities lose their early gains

420

CEOs force exemptions. Is Trump ready to deal?

421

Weekend Edition: Does money supply determine economic health?

422

Short lived optimism

423

Trump Caves, Stocks Soar

424

Five Minutes to Midnight

425

Bad Medicine and Lots of Hope Priced In

426

China hits back. EU makes plans.

427

Weekend Edition: Australia’s happy place in the geopolitical landscape

428

Horror session after the gory details

429

Lousy Timing

430

RBA on hold, Trump ready to go

431

Fools Gold

432

Friday’s stagflation fears

433

Weekend Edition: Age Care Crisis Only Partially Fixed

434

Not tariffic for US auto makers

435

Cars and Copper – next for the Trump Treatment

436

Less confidence, less missiles

437

The brief return of exceptionalism

438

Nine More Sleeps

439

Weekend Edition: Bank Hybrids.  Just too complex?

440

Digesting the Fed’s Transitory Inflation Assumption

441

Fed focused on “signal to noise” ratio

442

Ceasefires – one ends as another opens up, perhaps

443

No news, good news

444

Future plans

445

Weekend Edition: Does Australia need to spend big on defence?

446

Booze battle brewing

447

Aluminium and steel tariffs, no exceptions. So far.

448

It was turnaround Tuesday

449

Is the US heading for a recession?

450

Working through the detox

451

Weekend Edition: How can women move faster up the corporate ladder?

452

Europe - Cut Rates and Rearm

453

Europe’s Bonds Dive

454

The trade war has begun, the battle over Ukraine defences continues.

455

An ocean apart

456

Keeping the dream alive

457

Weekend Edition - Where Australia sits in a Trumpian world

458

Did I say April? I meant March.

459

Tariffs: Mexico and Canada delayed, 25% coming Europe’s way

460

Feeling Risky

461

Markets coast as politics turns to peace talks

462

A less confident US, a more divided Germany

463

Weekend Edition: Germany: Not a great time to change government

464

Walmart worried, Trump mentions China deal

465

Is ECB rate still restrictive? Aussie employment today’s focus.

466

RBA easing slowly. More cuts “no lay-down misère”

467

US & Europe: Divided they stand

468

Have markets stopped believing?

469

Weekend Edition: The Irvine Fix: Simplicity, Productivity and Confidence

470

Trump’s Big Day includes VAT

471

Weaker dollar, rising inflation, falling US shares. Not so rock n’ roll America.

472

EU says ‘Back atcha!’ Is Australia exempt?

473

Trump - a man of steel (and aluminium)

474

The Empire Strikes Back

475

Weekend Edition: 2025:  Less growth, but still lots of opportunity

476

US Jobs Day, Bad News Day for Britain

477

Trade, gold, jobs and a rate cut

478

Tariffs. Here yesterday, gone today. What about tomorrow?

479

Bark v bite : Mexico tariffs on hold

480

Not so Tariffic

481

Weekend Edition: Housing costs - it’s all a question of supply

482

The ECB, the Fed one day on and the new path for the RBA

483

Fed and others less prepared to commit

484

Taking stock of AI, central banks, tariffs and Aussie inflation

485

China’s AI success spooks US investors

486

Weekend Edition: The future for telcos

487

Donald at Davos – lower oil prices and interest rates please

488

AI Masterplan and earnings boosts tech

489

The Day After, Tariff Doubts

490

Liberation Day

491

All Change

492

Weekend Edition: The Lowdown on High Employment

493

Waller Dovish, Bessent Reassuring.

494

Inflation eases and fears subside

495

US dollar stalls, the Tariff drip feed, markets await CPI

496

Dollar up again, yields rising - but why?

497

Year kicks off with rising inflation concerns

498

Weekend Edition: The Year That Was, and the Year That Will Be

499

The Fed Flow-Through and the Banks since.

500

Hawkish cut, on the slow road to 3 percent

501

UK wages push Gilts-Bund spread to historic levels

502

Better European service numbers, but US more so

503

Five central banks in the last gasp before Christmas

504

Weekend Edition: Rate cuts will boost the Australian psyche, says NAB Chief

505

ECB cuts, SNB more so. And Australia’s unexpected unemployment fall.

506

All systems go for a Fed cut next week

507

RBA. The first dove of Christmas.

508

Another China Rescue Plan

509

A week of cuts and uncertainty

510

Weekend Edition: With equities, is it a year for playing it safe at home?

511

Payrolls, Paris and OPEC+

512

Australia’s slow growth, weaker dollar

513

Crises ignored

514

Vive la révolution (of sorts)

515

Back to work, waiting for jobs numbers

516

Weekend Edition: Return of the Japanese Carry Trade

517

Slow down and split in two

518

Talking Turkey

519

Minutes, Tariffs and a Ceasefire

520

The Bessent ‘Safe Hands’ Bonanza

521

More US exceptionalism

522

Weekend Edition: Going Private

523

We want more

524

Spitting chips

525

Markets nervous as Russia drops the N word (again)

526

Firing over the line

527

Powell the Grinch?

528

Weekend Edition: A new world reorder, with FT’s Martin Wolf

529

Wait a little longer

530

Inflation in no hurry to come down, and neither is the US dollar

531

A brighter future for optimists

532

Pricing for Trump. But is it rational?

533

The Morning After the Week Before

534

Weekend Edition: Are we moving fast enough to tackle Australia’s housing crisis?

535

Too slow for Trump?

536

Them and the rest of us

537

Long time coming

538

Wafer thin difference

539

Jobs take back seat as election drives the markets

540

Weekend Edition: Has affordability finally hit home price growth?

541

US shares weaker on tech forecasts. UK markets judge budget.

542

Happy Hawkish Halloween

543

Jobs, growth, inflation and tech earnings.

544

Meta Search, Oil Drops, Rising Yields and Kamala’s Last Stand

545

A big week for data and tech earnings

546

Weekend Edition: Harris or Trump. Who wins. What changes?

547

Life in the Slow Lane

548

Canada cuts. ECB sends mixed messages.

549

All quiet, before the storm

550

Not sure where to go

551

Fine China. Handle with Care.

552

Weekend Edition: The asymmetric battle

553

ECB cuts rates, more to come soon?

554

Sneaking in another before Christmas?

555

Tariffs. The most beautiful word.

556

Stuck in a rut over the ditch

557

Hold on, it’s coming

558

Weekend Edition: A Suttle World Tour

559

Coming down slowly

560

Heavy Weather

561

Brassed off after a Golden Week

562

Global markets adjust to Fed expectations

563

Jobs a plenty

564

Weekend Edition: Going for Gold

565

Oil surges on Biden’s unanswered question

566

When Hawks Fly

567

Risk Off on Israel Iran War Fears

568

Powell resetting expectations?

569

War escalates, and Japan’s PM surprise

570

The Weekend Edition: The rise and rise of ETFs

571

The Bazooka, at long last?

572

Risk on switched off, whilst Riksbank gets on with it

573

Does China have a workable plan?

574

Disappointing news

575

Making minor adjustments

576

Weekend Edition: The Invisible Hand Behind Your Super Fund

577

Markets buoyant from Fed hikes. BoE plays it cool.

578

Fed cuts, revises dot plot, markets still want more

579

The widening Atlantic drift

580

Is the Fed spending too long in the shower?

581

Big or small?

582

Weekend Edition: Getting to know labour market data

583

ECB cuts rates and downgrades growth

584

A Swift win for Kamala, and a rogue CPI print

585

Market responds to OPEC+ downgrade. US CPI and THAT debate to come.

586

Bad Apple Not Stopping Bounce Back

587

Worried about revisions

588

Weekend Edition: China’s Missed Opportunity

589

Waiting on a knife edge

590

Less jobs, more uncertainty

591

Nervous Nellies

592

America back in time for manufacturing numbers

593

ECB and US inflation leading to rate cuts. Australia waits.

594

Weekend Edition: Australian Equities Doing Nicely Thankyou

595

AI caution, higher US spending and Aussie capex wanes

596

NVIDIA fails to disappoint

597

Aussie inflation and not much more

598

Letting it all sink in

599

The time has come

600

Weekend Edition: A world of difference - RBNZ v RBA

601

Let’s get gradual

602

Not much carry on

603

Holding Pattern

604

Shares Rally In Northern Hiatus

605

All eyes on Jackson Hole

606

Weekend Edition: Is there too much state debt?

607

Too much of a good thing

608

No surprises!

609

Risk appetite back for a day

610

Markets wait calmly for US inflation data

611

The recession they didn’t have to have

612

Weekend Edition: A bright future for Indigenous businesses

613

Markets turn, just on weekly jobless numbers?

614

T’was a Wobbly Wednesday

615

Crisis over. Carry on. Really?

616

Manic Monday

617

Markets rocked as Sahm Rule ignited

618

Weekend Edition: Well off track for Net Zero

619

BoE boldly goes where the Fed feared to tread

620

Fed holds, BoJ lifts, BoE set to cut. Shares go crazy.

621

When it rains it pours: Aussie inflation, Japan’s rate decision. Microsoft earnings

622

Markets calm before the storm

623

A big week for jobs, inflation, earnings and banks

624

Weekend Edition: Japan’s Inflation Revolution

625

US Goldilocks again, Germany Brothers Grimm

626

Tech stocks tumble, PMIs weak, Dudley warns recession

627

Markets cautious in the heart of earnings season

628

Less Trump trade, more tech

629

Bye Bye Biden

630

Weekend Edition: Investing on the Road to Net Zero – Why Aren’t We Leading?

631

Are equity markets looking more at a downturn than rate cuts?

632

Pre-Trump Trade Battles and Currency Fears

633

US retail runs hot and inflation day for many

634

Powell eyes labour market, equity markets eye Trump friendly stocks

635

Is Trump now a shoo-in for the Presidency?

636

Weekend Edition - 75 percent: The New Normal for Office Workers?

637

A quick response to slower inflation.

638

Where are the Descendants?

639

Powell says labour market is no longer an inflationary pressure

640

Where now for Europe?

641

No right turn in Paris

642

Weekend Edition: More on Australia’s House Price Quandary

643

Election Fever

644

Weaker Services data pushes equities higher and bond yields lower

645

What did Powell say to spur on US equity markets?

646

Yields push higher still, France’s political concerns ease, one more reason for BoJ to lift rates

647

A pinch and a punch, and a win for LePen

648

Weekend Edition: The Art and Science of Fixed Income. Without the straight lines.

649

US Core PCE deflator. Why you need to look at the second decimal place.

650

Australia’s inflationary shock and what it changes

651

Canada’s turn for an upside inflation surprise

652

NVIDIA’s correction, the Yen’s fall and the US-Europe divide

653

Europeans PMIs sluggish, US stronger

654

Weekend Edition: France’s shift right – a challenge for Europe?

655

A Swiss Lead in the Central Bank Euros

656

UK on target, markets take aim at France

657

Hawkish RBA, NVIDIA number one

658

France settles down, US equities hit new highs again

659

A week big on banks and politics

660

Weekend Edition: Private credit markets – what to know

661

One dot already beaten by the data

662

Just one dot, even as US inflation dips

663

Fed versus the iPhone

664

US jobs hot, Macron snaps

665

Weekend Edition: Mookhey’s Balancing Act in Australia’s Most Unaffordable State

666

ECB’s Hawkish Cut. Hardly a Surprise.

667

Let the easing begin

668

Cool Jobs, Majority Lost

669

Slightly softer

670

Europe’s sticky mess

671

Weekend Edition: How could Trump change the Fed?

672

Will the PCE Deflator pressure the Fed?

673

Inflation woes

674

US bond appetite eases, consumer confidence lifts

675

Europe assuming ‘maximum optionality’

676

Fanatical confusion

677

Weekend Edition: Tech. Too big to ignore? Or too much of a good thing?

678

Are strong PMIs pushing cuts back even further?

679

End of rein for soaked Sunak , whilst NVIDIA storms ahead

680

Rocky copper and worrying wages

681

AI mania and gold fever

682

Slow moves

683

Weekend edition: A budget that sets fiscal policy against monetary policy

684

Exuberance sees Dow pass 40k mark

685

Do the inflation and retail numbers cement in two cuts for the Fed?

686

Holding out for the hero stat

687

Budget day: Helping or hindering the inflation battle?

688

Warning signs on inflation persistence?

689

Weekend Edition: Fixing Australia’s productivity problem

690

BoE talks cuts, soonish. Market unphased.

691

Data drought with no clear direction, ahead of BoE

692

Is an RBA hike an emerging possibility?

693

RBA gives it all, but is any of it new?

694

US jobs cool and services soften

695

The Weekend Edition - The fundamentals of the Magnificent Seven

696

US productivity slips adding to labour costs

697

Fed’s lack of progress

698

Bond yields push higher, heavy losses in equities a day out from the Fed

699

A sticky last mile for Europe

700

Waiting longer as inflation persists

701

Weekend Edition: Moving up the renewables value chain

702

Stagflation anyone?

703

PMIs show narrowing US-Europe gap, Inflation Day for Australia

704

The Equities Strike Back (for now)

705

Is there a tech correction going on?

706

The Weekend Edition: Europe needs a confidence boost

707

Next Fed move, backend of the year, unless it’s up!

708

UK inflation slows, but not enough. Aussie employment numbers today.

709

It’s taking longer, says Powell

710

US retail moves markets, not the Middle East

711

Drone attack. Will Israel retaliate?

712

Weekend Edition: The "women with money" opportunity

713

Europe is getting ready, without being triumphant

714

US CPI surprise. The last mile just got longer

715

Two central banks and lots of unhappy small businesses

716

Treasury yields hit year highs on creeping doubts about Fed easing

717

US payrolls too hot for the Fed?

718

Weekend Edition: China’s future – on its terms

719

Australia’s housing problem, US markets choppy ahead of jobs numbers

720

Powell waits whilst service sector softens

721

Yields rise over expected Fed delays

722

Hopeful data suggests US is heading for ‘no landing’

723

Weekend Edition: Bronwyn Curtis on central banks and growth

724

A scramble to the quarter end

725

Break the glass and get ready for inflation numbers

726

Controlling the Yuan and the Yen

727

Easing hopes and a falling Yuan

728

Weekend Edition: The Great Education Bounce Back

729

Bad Apple, Swiss Surprise, English Hawks fly

730

Fed feels its way slowly

731

In the thick of it

732

Aiming for zero

733

One move out of six this week?

734

Weekend Edition: Aussie agriculture, scaling up to thrive

735

The lengthening last mile

736

Hungry for US bonds, wage wins in Japan

737

US inflation hotter than expected

738

Last minute nerves ahead of US inflation

739

The US jobs numbers that surprised, then didn’t

740

Weekend Edition: Equality Japanese Style

741

All eyes back on June with hopes of no payrolls surprise

742

Aussie bounces, ECB likely to stick

743

US caution amidst stock shocks and services slowdown

744

Is Xi Jinping still Mr 5 percent?

745

Will weaker US data speed-up cuts?

746

Weekend Edition: Stage 3 tax cuts, not exactly tax reform

747

‘As expected’ brings a sigh of relief

748

RBNZ is done with hikes, Aussie retail will bounce back today

749

All quiet at the casino, all eyes over the ditch

750

The day before tomorrow

751

It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen

752

Weekend Edition: Getting Ready for Trump

753

NVIDIA stirs up AI madness

754

Are the US, UK and Europe all looking at June?

755

Canada first to go lower?

756

Second decimal point moves for Presidents Day

757

Another sign of a bumpy path for inflation

758

Weekend Edition: Big tech. Which business model wins?

759

Surprising data does little to move the dial for central banks

760

Back to expecting faster cuts (RBA/RBNZ excepted)?

761

Overreacting to US CPI?

762

Waiting for the night

763

The CPI anticlimax, NZ’s rate worries and new highs for US shares

764

Weekend Edition: Cashing in on Australia’s tourism revival

765

Not ready to toggle

766

Equities soaring higher, central bankers talk longer

767

No hurry for RBA cut, maybe even a hike?

768

New look RBA song and dance act today

769

Will US inflation bounce back?

770

Weekend Edition: Emerging trends in Australia’s post-COVID property market

771

BoE last cab off the rank

772

FOMC holds, no hurry to move down

773

The Fed’s quandary: A soft landing but jobs plentiful

774

Limbering up for cuts. Who goes first?

775

You want busy?

776

Weekend Edition: Home or away – where to head with shares in 2024?

777

China Tries Again

778

Sweet Relief for China’s Rocky Road?

779

Light on news, high on hope

780

Share Crazy

781

Weekend Edition: Will ETFs give crypto an air of respectability?

782

US jobless claims fall, so did Aussie jobs

783

Pricing for procrastination

784

Waller asks ‘what’s the rush?’

785

European rates higher for longer, on the edge of a potential recession?

786

How far ahead is US on the race to kill inflation?

787

US CPI not so soft, NAB’s new Q4 CPI forecast

788

Inflation softer than expected, but hold your horses on rate cut hopes

789

Treading cautiously into a new year

790

Weekend Edition: A year big on surprises. Will there be more in 2024?

791

Has the US already met its inflation target?

792

UK inflation falls faster than expected. Hard for the BoE to hike now.

793

RBA going for the mid-point, BoJ going nowhere, Canada’s inflation bounces back

794

RBA minutes and BoJ; could be a whole lot of nothing, but there again ...

795

Is the Fed backtracking on rates cuts?

796

Weekend Edition: Generative AI is here, ready or not.

797

BoE and ECB staying on top of the mountain

798

Aussie wins against drop in the US dollar as Fed gets ready to cut

799

US inflation data doesn’t change the game

800

Aussie Floats On, Yen Falls Back

801

US jobs numbers too hot?

802

Weekend Edition: Getting Back with Britain

803

Is BoJ preparing a pre-Christmas surprise?

804

All signs point to slower growth and falling inflation

805

A hold, an epiphany and jobs market easing

806

A momentary change of direction

807

Yields falling further and Powell can’t stop them

808

Weekend Edition: Ross McEwan on the economy, housing, cybercrime, AI and home working

809

Euroflation falls, the US dollar strikes back

810

All steps in the right direction

811

Something is giving, and it’s the pace of the US economy

812

An inbetweeny day

813

Falling dollar helps the Aussie, but only so far

814

Weekend Edition: Three key trends in the super industry

815

Europe a bit stronger (or less weak)

816

Bullock’s hawkishness. Will one rise be enough?

817

A hawkish turn from the central banks

818

Back to bonds

819

Take a breather

820

Weekend Edition: Let's Get Ethical

821

Slowdown fears spoil the party

822

Goldilocks rides again

823

US inflation slowdown fuels party mood

824

The only number that matters

825

US higher for longer, RBA more dovish

826

Weekend Edition: Risky Business, Confusing Times

827

Interest wanes at 30 year Treasury auction

828

Oil readying for a slowdown

829

RBA late to the party

830

The rate that slows the nation

831

Tide turns after US jobs data

832

Weekend Edition: Ann Sherry on driving change in uncertain times

833

Back to bonds as BoE forecasts a growth hit for Britain

834

Hold on says the Fed. But for how long?

835

BoJ loosens its grip, Fed will keep a tight hold

836

Escalation fears ease, RBA’s expectations rise, Europe’s inflation falls

837

Preparing for the slowdown

838

Weekend Edition: In it for the long haul

839

Return of the soft landing

840

Aussie CPI & ECB; sentiment sours a little

841

Some hope, jobs confusion and Aussie CPI

842

A wild night without direction

843

Have yields peaked? Will central banks ease off the pedal?

844

Weekend Edition: Could Europe Bring Down Rates Faster?

845

10 year treasuries nip at 5 percent

846

Yields Bondanza

847

US shopping adds pressure on the Fed

848

Markets accept a little more risk

849

Risky

850

Weekend Edition: Is super delivering on the promise?

851

US Inflation too hot to ignore

852

More caution from the Fed, very little in Gaza

853

Expect the unexpected

854

Conflict uncertainty mixed with rate optimism

855

Hot jobs numbers add to treasuries sell-off

856

Weekend Edition: The Chinese Way

857

What do we want to see in the jobs data?

858

Less jobs and cheaper oil pauses bond and equity sell-off

859

US yields jolt higher and all that that entails.

860

US yields push higher, BoJ steps in, RBA to stand firm

861

Weekend Edition: Is NetZero transitioning us to higher inflation?

862

Diverging paths

863

Oil’s low stockpiles, sticky Aussie services inflation

864

Will Aussie inflation knock the RBA off its perch?

865

Bond yields higher, but directionless

866

Still more Rate Expectations

867

The Weekend Edition: The long road back for small business

868

BoE joins those on hold. Who will break first?

869

The Fed’s narrow path is getting longer

870

Hang on for a hold

871

Too much speculation, too much liquidity, not enough oil?

872

A week of central bank uncertainty

873

The Weekend Edition: It’s tough at the top of the mountain

874

Europe reaches the peak, or is it a false summit?

875

Higher than expected US CPI fails to move markets

876

Aussie consumer confidence hit but businesses keep prices up

877

Aussie dollar boosted on China fix. Japanese yields boosted by potential BoJ switch.

878

G20 said nothing, wait for the data

879

If we only plan to meet our climate targets, we’re missing a trick

880

US dollar dominance continues as Yuan hits 16 year low

881

A beige soft landing, but is US service growth too strong?

882

Out with a whimper not a bang

883

Lowe’s Last Stand, Lagarde’s Humble Pie

884

Was US payrolls a Goldilocks moment?

885

Weekend Edition: Is Monetary Policy Working? Which Central Banks have got it right?

886

Heading Up Table Mountain

887

Soft is good for the US, but European CPI is harder to take

888

A quick JOLT to the equity and bond markets

889

Choppy shopping

890

A Jackson Hole Lot of Nothing

891

Weekend Edition: Fixing Australia’s productivity problem

892

About turn ahead of Jackson Hole

893

Has the slowdown begun in earnest?

894

US re-acceleration possible but Aussie dollar weakness expected to continue.

895

Treasury yields push to new post GFC highs

896

Heading to Jackson Hole through a sea of uncertainty

897

Weekend Edition: Bonds, back and not so boring

898

China, more talk less action

899

The Inflation Risk is Strong

900

Heavy data day turns markets red

901

Slow moves, thin trade ahead of data splurge

902

Not out of the woods yet

903

Weekend Edition: Australian shares – destination unknown?

904

Inflation eases, Fed hold expected, but bond yields rise

905

China deflates, gas spikes, US CPI later

906

Chinas slowdown, foreign bank worries, more Aussie resilience

907

Hope rises during the inflation waiting game.

908

Payrolls sparks bond reversal

909

Weekend Edition: Australia’s Property Recovery Slows

910

Bond sell-off continues, BoE tightens, jobs numbers tonight

911

Fitch Ignored, ADP questioned, Treasuries peak, BoE could go 50

912

The Trifecta Pulling the Aussie Dollar Lower

913

Storm in a Japanese Tea Cup. Next stop, RBA.

914

Why markets responded to BoJ’s easing control

915

Whirlwind tour for markets as US GDP surprises

916

Soft landing, slow road back

917

A shot in the arm for China boosts the Aussie and commodities

918

More irrational exuberance?

919

Lifting rates this week? Yes, Yes, No.

920

Too many jobs for central banks liking

921

UK CPI not really bad news for a change

922

Cooling inflation hope, but does it include NZ and UK?

923

China slows more, could the RBA minutes give the Aussie another hit?

924

Confidence with a question mark

925

Confidence Grows Further

926

US inflation cools more than we dared hope

927

A slow slowdown

928

Slow road for China

929

US jobs relief, inflation data this week

930

Jobs Frenzy

931

US jobs numbers start today

932

RBA wait and see

933

Go or no from Lowe?

934

Softly softly

935

Not giving up

936

The fall in the Aussie and the rise of the Hawks

937

US data too hot for the Fed?

938

The calm after the storm

939

Is that enough for now?

940

Panic Stations

941

More hikes a pretty good guess

942

Aussie dips, UK braces itself, Powell ready for a grilling

943

It it ain’t broken, break it

944

All quiet for Juneteenth

945

ECB hikes, Aussie jobs a worry for RBA

946

Unanimous uncertainty

947

Inflation in US under control, UK has problems

948

To pause, raise or skip – the Fed’s dilemma

949

Jobless claims help cool things a little

950

Canadian Copycats

951

Yes they did

952

Will they or won’t they?

953

Oil cuts, wage rises and rate hikes

954

Aussie bounce as debt bills sails through

955

Aussie low on China worries, European inflation eases

956

Lowe in the hotseat, McCarthy fights his corner

957

The nervous period

958

It's a deal!

959

Chip Rally vs Debt Worries

960

Division, wherever you look

961

Last Chance Saloon

962

Divided they stand

963

Buckle Up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride

964

Taking McCarthy at his word

965

Debt deal is doable

966

RBA eyes up productivity and wages

967

Dancing on the Ceiling

968

A nervous overreaction?

969

BoE hikes against softer global outlook

970

As expected, not worse than expected

971

ECB sends clear message, with lots of slides

972

NAB Business Survey offers a glimmer of hope

973

Labour market tightness vs the credit crunch

974

ECB raises rates, markets worried

975

Fed up, then what?

976

Jolts from jobs, banks and the RBA

977

One bank rescued, one central bank on hold

978

A big week for central banks as US inflation hangs on

979

US economy is slowing, but consumers are still spending, labour market is still tight

980

Markets pulled between high tech and bank lows

981

Back to worrying about banks

982

Should we forget about recession?

983

Looking on the soft side

984

New RBA structure. BOE’s double digit problem.

985

China’s latent shopping frenzy

986

A night of not much

987

Divided we stand, sideways we move

988

RBA’s dilemma - more working, less job ads

989

US inflation is sticky

990

On top of the CPI hill

991

Back and a little confused

992

RBNZ takes large mallet from the toolkit

993

Guilty as charged

994

Weaker US manufacturing data offsets oil inflation concerns

995

OPEC happy to spoil the party

996

US banking on a slowdown. NAB’s new call on the RBA

997

Aussie inflation falls further. Job done for the RBA?

998

Not much ado about nothing much

999

Quietly confident, for now

1000

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