CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index shows Sydney’s housing market is finishing 2024 in the red.

In this week’s Special Christmas edition of the podcast Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, is joined by Chief Strategist, David Llewellyn-Smith, to discuss his biggest concern for 2025 and the economic danger it presents.

The team at MacroBusiness thanks you for your support in 2024 and wishes you a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

Earlier this month, Tony Webber from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries warned of a clear consumer shift from battery electric vehicles (EVs) toward hybrids.

In 2013, Labor Resources Minister Gary Gray made the fateful decision to allow the Gladstone liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals to be built without the requirement to reserve gas for domestic users: “Let me say very clearly, a reservation policy could not lead to lower gas prices or more gas,” Gray said.

By Stephen Saunders Last Friday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers quietly let slip Australia’s fifth Population statement, in which he and the Treasury constitute public enemy No.

The past several years have seen Australia’s rental market plunge into crisis following the importation of nearly one million net overseas migrants in only two years.

The final trading week is still looking a lot like Christmas with Wall Street continuing its Friday night bounceback on Friday while European stocks slid back as markets start to quieten down over the Xmas break.

I have frequently maintained that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported $48 billion in education exports are inflated and vastly overstates the benefits of international students to the Australian economy.

Asian stock markets are having solid sessions going into the Xmas break with local stocks finally seeing a solid bid as speculation around more Chinese stimulus measures grows.

Sydney and Melbourne dwelling values have ended 2025 deep in the red, dragging down prices nationally.

Australia is experiencing its longest-running per capita recession on record at seven consecutive quarters.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Q3 national accounts revealed that real consumer spending had stalled despite households receiving Stage 3 personal income tax cuts.

Australia’s baby boomers have easily the highest rate of home ownership, which stands at around 80%.

Below are CBA’s and Westpac’s November CPI Previews.

Wall Street bounced back on Friday night following its worst one day performance for the calendar year lifting 1% across the board on the back of some cooling inflation data while European stocks slid back amid the volatility going into the year end as markets start to quieten down over the Xmas break.

New data from the Department of Education shows that international student enrolments surpassed one million for the first time in the year to September 2024.

The Australian Treasury’s Orwellian Centre for Population released its 2024 Population Statement, which forecast that ongoing high immigration will add 4.1 million residents over the next 10 years—most of whom will live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

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Asian stock markets are having staid sessions going into the end of the trading week with local stocks still selling off.