International Reading:
- Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program – Market Watch
- Trump says tariffs have brought in $18 trillion. That’s impossible – Reason
- Recession indicator ‘blinking red,’ warns economist – News Week
- Trump’s tariffs crush small US manufacturers including music gear makers – The Mirror
- Jobs panic as unemployment jumps to four-year high – with 7.8 million Americans now hunting for work – Daily Mail
- Cash-strapped Americans shouldn’t fund Big Tech’s data centers – The Hill
- FTC investigating Instacart’s AI pricing tool, source says – Reuters
- Elon Musk hits staggering $648 billion, making him more than twice as wealthy as runner-up – NY Post
- “It’s an exciting time…” Big banks enjoy most favorable regulatory environment in 15 years. – Yahoo Finance
- What President Stagflation Calls ‘Success’: Home heating costs to increase by 9.2% this winter – The Hill
- Trump’s economic approval hits a new low at 36%, poll finds – NPR
- Cash-strapped Americans shouldn’t fund Big Tech’s data centers – The Hill
- US car dealer charged with FRAUD after bankruptcy revealed depths of American’s debt crisis – Daily Mail
- Trump administration is trying to talk voters into liking the economy – Washington Post
- Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative – Talking Points Memo
Local Reading:
- Dan Andrews hospitalised after unknown illness – News.com.au
- Govt to crack down on ‘those who spread hate, vision and radicalisation’ – ABC
- Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage – The Guardian
- Bondi Beach gunmen spent November holed up in tiny hotel room in Philippines, local staff say – ABC
- Riot police descend on Mordialloc beach, Melbourne after teens brawl, storm supermarket – News.com.au
- Gippsland vegetable farm accused of underpaying migrant workers – ABC
- Mid-year budget update to show $8.4b improvement to bottom line – ABC
- The Billion Dollar Balcony. ASIO’s sovereignty failure – Michael West
- CSIRO to receive $233 million in mid-year budget but uncertainty remains over job cuts – ABC
- Police in India say Bondi terror suspect Sajid Akram was from Hyderabad – ABC
- ‘Be sceptical’: BNZ’s head of research says latest GDP data ‘more noise than signal’ – Interest.co.nz
- New Zealand’s economy grew 1.1% in the September quarter, Stats NZ says – Interest.co.nz
- What will the RBNZ bank capital changes mean for deposit rates? – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
LVO interview with ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin explains why Australia’s job market is far weaker than it appears, especially for new entrants.
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LVO’s weekend Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB/4BC explains how Australia’s worsening housing crisis poses a direct threat to the retirement system. Also exposes Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent sea of lies.
LVO’s latest podcast with Martin North at Digital Finance Analytics unpacks Australia’s housing affordability crisis, alongside the key issues facing the Australian economy.
