The Market Ear on stocks and fear. Panic gone The extreme VIX vs SPX gap is gone. Chart shows SPX vs VIX (inverted). Source: ...

Recall that long-time immigration influencer Abul Rizi, who has forever championed a Big Australia and has ruthlessly ...

The larger the nation’s bureaucracy, the worse the policymaking. Data from the Australian Public Service Commission (APS) ...

There are some days when an economist can only shake his head in appalled wonder. After the shock jump in monthly inflation ...

The robots are coming for your job. Expected capex is through the roof. Via the ABS. Total capital expenditure Estimate 4 for ...

DXY was soft overnight with US markets closed for Turkey Day. AUD firmed. CNY stable. The Japanese bust is contained by the ...

In 2024, the NSW Productivity Commission warned that excessive housing costs were driving younger residents out of Sydney, ...

APRA has come out with new limits on high debt to income ratio lending, but as the data shows it's unlikely to be effective ...

This week saw the release of two important housing affordability reports from Cotality and Proptrack. Turning to Cotality’s ...

Just how corrupt is Albo? Everybody wants him to crush the gas cartel: 80% of Australians, all of industry and most miners, ...

This week, Cotality released its housing affordability report for the September quarter of 2025, which reported abysmal ...

As the NDIS continues to grow, it is playing a pivotal role in supporting the broader economy as government gets larger and ...