Australia has too many cafes, and many will need to close down. According to IBIS World, over 27,000 cafes and coffee shops ...

Much ado about nothing in iron ore. Some good charts from ANZ. Property steel is still falling. I expect it to fall much more than they do this year. Non-property demand is going nowhere in volume ...

Now this is some good news on gas for once. The planned LNG import terminal at Port Kembla, backed by billionaire Andrew ...

Exorbitant land costs are the fundamental driver behind Australia’s expensive housing. During 2023-24, the residential land ...

More pain from The Market Ear. After the China/US trade talks JPM’s great derivatives team dives in: “The China-US trade talks in Geneva have been more positive than anticipated and have resulted in a ...

New Zealand experienced one of the world’s biggest house price booms over the pandemic, with prices soaring by around 30%. As ...

DXY is taking a breather. That could not help the AUD. No lead boots. Gold up. Metals down. Big miners still look fugly. EM ...

Australian households are experiencing their longest recession in generations. The Q4 national accounts released in March ...

It’s a new and improved Albo with the same old message. “We had progressive patriotism,” Albanese said of the Labor campaign ...