Peter Hartcher is freaking out.

Victoria’s budget finances are in disarray, with the state carrying the nation’s highest debt and lowest credit rating.

Chinese deflation marches on.

The ferrous complex is nothing flash, that’s for sure.

Melbourne’s population was about 3.5 million people at the turn of the century.

Falling living standards is what he promised, and he’s not going to spend his political capital on anything else!

Last week’s Q1 national accounts release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that real per capita GDP fell by 0.2%.

DXY can’t get off its knees.

The first session following the release of the latest monthly US jobs print is usually benign and that’s what we had across most risk markets overnight as speculation about what the Federal Reserve will do until the next NFP print calmed down, sending the USD slightly lower against the majors.

Gerard Minack destroys Australia’s sick economy.

According to the OECD, Australia has the smallest manufacturing sector relative to its economy in the developed world.

Asian share markets are having a buoyant session across the region on the back of the “just okay” US jobs report from Friday night and some further indication that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep easing while the ECB and BOE look set to finish or have already done so.

All one really needs to be seen to be smart is Australia’s is to be loudest.

The waste of space formerly known as the media had a good laugh at your expense over the weekend, that you can still afford or want to pay $7 for a coffee.

Friday night saw the release of the latest US jobs print – the non-farm payrolls or NFP for May – which came in on expectations although revisions and internal numbers show building weakness from the start of the year.

The Abanese government this week looked set to make some sensible policy compromises before performing a 180-degree turn and fumbling the ball.

The Albanese government has engaged in a full-court press of housing disinformation.

Picture this.

The past few months have seen Australia’s auction market roar back to life.

DXY held on Friday night.

By Lucinda Jerogin, associate economist at CBA: Real GDP surprised to the downside at 0.2%/qtr.

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