Tarric Brooker

Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, among other places.

Australia’s housing hits absurdly unaffordable

Recently, there was an analysis published in the Wall Street Journal based on data from the Atlanta branch of the U.S.

Exploited workers crush real wages growth

As the debate surrounding the right level of migration into Australia continues to be one of the defining issues of this parliamentary term, there continues to be vast differences in opinion on the impact of immigration on wages growth between various policymakers.

Australia’s private sector economy powered by government

Following the release of the latest ABS Labour Account data earlier this month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers took to social media to laud the result, stating that: This much is true: when job growth is broken down by sector, the private sector is responsible for the overwhelming majority.

Houthis gain control of vital oil supply choke point

Migration system reality check: it’s not going to be easy

As the debate over the right level of net overseas migration into Australia continues in the halls of power in Canberra, a modicum of the reality of migration enforcement has come to the forefront in the media.

Housing prices crash, first home buyers surge

As the debate over Australian housing price falls and the correct approach to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on existing homes continues, we have new hard evidence from New Zealand on the impact of housing crashes on demand from various different buyer cohorts.

Australian unemployment kept lower by Only Fans

Since the Albanese government came to power, one metric it has pointed to most as a sign of its economic management is the nation’s unemployment rate.

China has run out of patience with Trump

When Tehran first throttled maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz in early March, oil market analysts counted the limited number of days until the release of Western strategic reserves would prove insufficient to make up for the loss of supply and prices would rocket.

Australia’s public sector boom is hiding living standards collapse

With the release of the latest ABS Wage Price Index data came news that real wages were once again contracting on an annual basis, despite headline inflation remaining suppressed by the Albanese government’s cut to the fuel excise tax.

Australian housing price falls accelerate dramatically

As falling housing prices continue to spread to a greater number of markets across the country, now encompassing 93% of suburbs, forecasts for the magnitude of the eventual peak-to-trough fall continue to be revised larger.

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