The “negative gearing” mania in Australia is largely a symptom of a bigger problem as without an expectation of excessive capital gains few would be getting excited about negative gearing ‘Oz Style’ (aka losing […]
RBA Watch: Minutes and Glenn in the “Big Apple”
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) The RBA have been […]
QandA Briefing: Mr Robb and his radical ‘Top Secret” TPP and FTA mission.
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT Update: Unfortunately, last night QandA managed to spend well over an hour on everything (including railway crossings in Melbourne) other than the top secret proposed TPP agreement. […]
Don’t let the “mining booms forever” crowd off the hook.
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT Note: An earlier version of this edition referred to “cretins”. That was unkind to the cretin community. References have been replaced with “snake oil merchants”. Apologies in […]
IMF Watch: RBA told to give the Debt Machine more juice!!
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT As regular receivers of Glass Pyramid transmissions would be aware, the RBA and its Debt Machine maintenance techniques are a regular source of wonder and amusement to those […]
China: Is a hard landing inevitable?
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) No major impediments to […]
Politics of Fear: Coming soon ….in 3D “The Economy Edition”
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) “”…but my money is […]
RBA Watch: The Debt Machine is a “..little deuce coupe..”
The RBA has a rope tied to each arm and leg and a team of horses pulling on each. They love their household Debt Machine – it is what they have been […]
APRA Watch: Why is APRA doing very little as Sydney housing foams?
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) In this scene Michelle […]
Has the RBA lost its Mojo or is it just “idling” the Debt Machine.
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) The RBA certainly seems […]
RBA Watch: The case for NOT cutting rates is clear
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT Updated: The RBA hold at the April meeting. All this talk about the $AUS and how it needs to fall to ‘allow the economy to re-balance’ and that […]
Iceland shows Australia how to fix a broken Monetary System
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT It seems that Iceland remains determined to be the only country that is prepared to chart an independent course in a world of high finance and private and […]
The Glass Pyramid 