The Glass Pyramid

  Finally the very warm late summer and autumn in Sydney (proudly brought to us by carbon based industrialization) is being softened by a few cooler days. While it is not so […]

The announcement by Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bill Shorten that, if elected, his government will establish a Royal Commission into banking has set a cat among the Australian banking pigeons and their […]

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s choice of present for the banking sector at the jolly Bank of New South Wales (Westpac) celebrations may have caused a few canapes to become lodged in […]

The head of APRA Mr Wayne Byres has come out and admitted in a response to the ABC that APRA was a bit slow off the mark prior to the GFC and […]

NEWS FLASH:  The RBA holds – Target rate remains at 2% Last night the 7.30 report included a story on APRA. Macrobusiness commented on this story with some excellent graphs charting the […]

One of the ‘mysteries’ of Easter in Sydney is whether the residential auction market will rise from the depths of chocolate narcosis and again bring joy to the many monitoring and depending on […]

As a deeply spiritual city, the Easter Weekend in Sydney is usually a slow time for auctions. Most locals spend this special time of the shopping year with their families performing the sacred […]

Governor Glenn delivered a speech yesterday to the ASIC Annual Forum 2016 that included the following – emphasis added. “…On the topic of loan quality, the strengthening of lending standards for housing that […]

Over the last few weeks, the “spooky business” housing market scare campaign by the PM and his “precious” Treasurer has attracted a lot of attention, maybe too much attention, considering its complete lack […]

Today the Reserve Bank released the minutes of the last Monetary Policy meeting of the RBA Board. Not very exciting – things went up and things went down and on balance they […]

  In last week’s slice and dice, the Glass Pyramid enjoyed poking fun at the Negative Gearing / CGT reform “Fear-apalooza”  Festival that is travelling Australia at the moment. While the festival is […]

One the great things about the interwebs is that debate rolls in every direction and with some basic tools everyone can take part. Below this article on Macrobusiness a negative gearing debate bubbled […]

Below are a couple of comments made under the following article at Macrobusiness. click this link. (link may be locked – but there is a free trial available) First this  PFH007 Yep – […]

Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison have been struggling the last few weeks.   The LNP party room back bench has made it clear that the kind of “reform” they like most is […]

Alfred E Neuman would be proud!     The Sydney auction market yesterday handled the threat by the ALP to end civilisation and bring plague and pestilence to the land – by […]

It has been a tough week for Mr Morrison and his Merry Men in the Negative Gearing Defense League (NGDL). The ALP announced a policy of modest negative gearing reforms on the […]

  The Sydney property market is not immune to the volatile world economy with “Pre-Auction Panic” levels surging and cracking 30% of listed auctions this week.  23% (82) of 358 listed auctions […]

With the RBA giving indications this week of some interest rate “sweet loving” during 2016 – like a Terminator T-800 back from the past and ready to remake the future – the […]

Santa has been and gone, New Year’s Eve (and the hangover) now a distant memory and the Australian flag embossed thongs, beer coolers and boardies are packed away for another year but still […]

As Santa and Rudolph prepare to file a flight plan, the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Property Monitors report there were still a few hundred sellers (300+) in Sydney hoping all their Christmases would […]

Another exciting day in Sydney with another thrilling auction report from the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Property Monitors to digest. This week the TGP introduces a few new “characterisations” of the […]

There have been a lot of frothy comments over the last few days about the employment statistics and how they indicate that the Australian economy is ‘rebalancing’ and adjusting to the post […]

One of the great resources that is made available by the Sydney Morning Herald website is the Australian Property Monitors data for residential real estate auctions held in Sydney each week. There is nothing the […]

“….how long can the banks afford to hold onto empty houses?….” A long time – they are underwritten by the taxpayer and their debt products are supported with great devotion by RBA […]

“….both Sydney and Melbourne are primed for a painful correction as soon as the domestic and foreign specufestor interest wanes….” That raises the question of when does the interest of a specufestor […]

There is a lot of talk at the moment about the economic difficulties facing Brazil Brazil needs to read more mainstream Australian economic commentary and worry less. If they did they would […]

One of the “beliefs” of capital free flow purists is that capital flows are like the wind and if they get in the mood to move there is nothing that man nor […]

There is still some hope for the ALP even though PM Turnbull is treading very carefully and producing sky high approval ratings. The hope comes from the increasingly vigorous re-emergence of policy […]

The great NSW LNP “garage sale” continues with news that the state government plans to continue its “asset recycling” program by flogging off land in South Western Sydney to undertake new capital […]

According to a report in the Canberra Times by the talented Mr Mark Kenny , the ALP intend to try to outflank Mr Robb from the economic neo-liberal ideological fringes with an even […]

Nothing makes a bank economist and FIRE sector spruiker happier than the ongoing deflationary pressures generated by a mountain of debt around the globe and the masses of mal-investment driven by the […]

This morning the Sydney Morning Herald published an article by Peter Martin discussing the responsibility of the Howard government for the current absurd state of affairs with regard to the price of […]

Due to the sudden ascension of Mr Morrison into the position of “Treasurer of Australia”, the Glass Pyramid has been forced over the last week or so to recycle some briefing papers […]

There is oodles of debate in the media about whether ChAFTA is a dud deal or in the national interest. To assist the debate the Glass Pyramid has released “fresh from the […]

The Glass Pyramid film lounge is pleased to present (i.e. found it on Youtube) for your viewing enjoyment Professor Richard Werner’s “Princes of the Yen“.     Grab a Pina Colada and settle back! […]

Macrobusiness reported today that yields on Australian Government Bonds were sinking and therefore bond prices were rising. No surprise that a TGP operative immediately dropped the Kale and Quinoa pie that HoR […]

Glass Pyramid Head of Research slipped a cold and flu tablet in one of the TGP operatives cup of bonox this morning.  The result was a flurry of comments on the economic blog […]

Macrobusiness today noted that the “property industry” whinging has started as APRA finally emerges from hibernation and attempts to throw some macroprudential water on the crackling and sizzling property markets in Sydney and […]

There is a lot of excitement about recent changes in the approach of the Chinese government to the ‘peg’ between the $US and the Yuan. The question is simple: 1. How much of […]

Cutting personal income taxes is definitely a good idea – especially at the lower end – as anything that encourages people to get up and earn a buck has merit. Lift the […]

Yesterday Mr Robb rose from his sick bed to celebrate the latest “Aussie sell out” deal with one of our trade ‘partners’. These agreements are not about trade they are about unproductive […]

It has been great to hear Mr Hockey explain that the real problem of housing affordability is a lack of supply.   Fantastic to hear the Prime Minister Tony Abbott say the same […]

One of the most popular weasel words in the housing debate is “affordable” as it allows the weasel word user to duck the issue of whether housing / land is expensive. A new […]

An interesting article in the conversation raised the possibility of auctioning off rezonings in order to ensure that some of the windfall that rezonings can produce is secured by the public authority […]

There is lots of talk about Mr Abbott’s high praise for the joys of ever rising house prices. Some are suggesting that Mr Abbott is insensitive to the fact that house prices […]

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). News reports in the […]

Mr Robb’s greatest folly in his TPP/FTA adventurism is the massive green light he has given all of Australia’s trade rivals to impose high tariffs on Australian industry and workers. While he […]