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 […]
TECS – We need HECS for Trades
GLASS PYRAMID ‘EXCLUSIVE’ SEALED SECTION CONTENT We have heard a lot over the last few months about the HECS system and $100,000 degrees. While that debate has been very important it has overshadowed […]
The Oz Economy – The future is bright if……….
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) While the woeful performance […]
QandA: Tony Jones talks about fiscal policy with Mr Hockey without looking embarassed
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) One thing interesting […]
Hey Joe ! – Expensive first homes? Attack of the BANANAs
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) From the archives – […]
Australian banks see no problems with the House Price Ponzi
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) BREAKING NEWS!!! Wow! […]
The RBA assures us there is nothing to fear even as the ‘bait rate’ debt life support measures are turned up to 11.
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Any wonder that […]
Boomers did not start the fire – but some do enjoy the glow.
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) “…Again, to couch […]
A reason interest rates may not stay lower for longer
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) The Household Debt […]
RBA Rate Day: The price of debt in Oz – Keep it low no matter what damage it causes.
To read this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Peachy, That’s about the sum of it. […]
How to stop the “currency wars” from destroying the Australian economy (…any more than they already have)
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Houseless, A fiat currency regime is not a WMD because it is easy for […]
Economics: The BOS index (beads of sweat) is reaching new highs
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Expect things to get very incoherent as a defunct economic model (neo-lib attitudes to trade and […]
Mr Hockey – Subservience to offshore bankers has been core LNP policy since 1996.
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Joe Hockey is either having a lend or is as ignorant as he seems […]
Will APRA-Man save us? Does he really care?
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) APRA-man certainly has the powers required and not just the spoon bending stuff like […]
Gov Glenn is running out bullets – Are there better options than more rate cuts?
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) “….But what’s the alternative to rate cuts?..” Simple 1. Reduce the unproductive capital inflows […]
Low interest rates – the magic pudding myth of a chronic CAD Country
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Flawse, “…The point is that none of it is aimed at getting production aimed […]
Don’t anybody mention the war (Household Debt)
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked but there is a free trial available) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/treasury-greybeards-warn-australian-financial-crisis/#comment-1086849 Not sure about retired Treasury officials, but is pretty clear that the […]
APRA shops for a Macro-Prudential chastity belt
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/housing-finance-rockets/#comment-1083174 APRA are still window shopping on eBay looking for a Macro Prudential Chastity belt that does not restrict movement. […]
Will Chinese Factory workers forgive Oz Household Debts?
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/apra-must-rein-property-1890s-time/#comment-1084405 The answer to that question is that they will not but then none of the IOUs issued by Australian […]
Why Australia is not like Texas
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/abbottalypse-destruction-mushrooms/#comment-1082523 Nor, There are still plenty of places in the US where land costs are low. In Australia, in a […]
Interest rate cuts – Extend and Pretend
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/abbottalypse-destruction-mushrooms/#comment-1082505 Yep The half life of the current extend and pretend policies; Bait rates to ZIRP and NIRP FTAs FIRB […]
Currency Wars are a war of choice – Just say no to cheap predatory capital inflows.
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked) http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/weekend-links-7th-8th-feb-2015/#comment-1069419 Very nice graphic and fits in with that story above about how the Chinese are not likely to sit […]
RBA cuts in February and everyone is a joker!
This comment was made this week at http://www.macrobusiness.com.au (link may be locked http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/02/rba-slashes-rates/#comment-1055988 Andy, Just imagine the smiles at Coca Cola if Joe Hockey announced that the Dept of Food was going […]
Shark bait: Has Mr Abbott gone swimming with some chops around his ankles?
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) Yep – Abbott is […]
Australia: The lucky ‘CAD’ country?
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 fun will really […]
Is there already enough housing supply? Not on your nelly.
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) There is always the […]
Bill Evan’s Tea Leaves – RBA Feb Meeting
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) Well that was entirely […]
Yanis Varoufakis: It is a thing!
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) While not wishing to […]
How shaky is China?
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) That linked Michael Pettis […]
Record low interest rates are never normal
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) US interest rates have […]
Can free money motivate people?
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) “…Looks like free money […]
Can housing construction solve the rising unemployment
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 catch with housing […]
Deflation in Europe on the menu?
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) Yes – Mr Pananikos […]
A New Year and the game commences…
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness click this link. (link maybe locked – but there is a free trial available) It is very exciting watching […]
Dodgy loan broking? – Just a few rotten apples
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) doctorX, Barrels are limited […]
Construction boom yet no room in the Inn.
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) Archive Footage: Posted to […]
ACT Light Rail the saga continues….
Click link to original version of this comment at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) If the ACT pollies need a useful project to keep them busy […]
ACT Light Rail looking shaky
Click link to original version of this comment at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Could not agree more. Having regard to: 1. The practices of the […]
Public Transport stacks up if you tax the land that benefits.
Click link to original version of this comment at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) + many That point about Tokyo is important – if you are […]
ACT Light Rail costs blowout
Click link to original version of this comment at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) $600M for 12km is very cheap when it comes to these types […]
Can a special levy save the ACT Light Rail?
Click link to original version of this comment at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) “…They had also better double-check that the rail is genuinely needed: no […]
House prices are going BANANA’s – Time to get out the brush saw.
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) A particular introduced […]
The RBA just love the Platypus Blues
This comment was made at Macrobusiness (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Excellent article! The speech has a superficial charm but at its core displays the […]
Credit booms and a fancy taps and toilets economy
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) On matters economic […]
Stress in household debt
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) Nice work! As […]
Sell on News: Freedom v Free Markets
To read the original version of this comment in the original context at Macrobusiness.com.au click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) The corporatist state […]
The Glass Pyramid 