
Leith van Onselen
Chief Economist and Co-founder at MacroBusiness
Co-founder and chief economist of https://t.co/n1Y9EtEtgk. Interested in all things economic & financial. Catch my interviews on YouTube @leithvo
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1 week ago |
share.google | Leith van Onselen
New Zealand’s economy is a basket case. Consider the following data points, many of which come from Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro. The following chart of national accounts data to Q4 2024 shows that New Zealand has experienced a sharp decline in GDP and national income. More recent data suggests that the economy remains moribund.
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2 months ago |
macrobusiness.com.au | Leith van Onselen
For years, Macro Business has sounded the alarm about Australia’s immigration-driven housing crisis. The data is indisputable. Australia’s rental affordability has plummeted to a record low, with households forced to devote a record portion of their income to rent a home. AdvertisementRents have risen about 50% nationwide since the pandemic’s beginning, driving the rental affordability collapse.
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2 months ago |
macrobusiness.com.au | Leith van Onselen
International Reading:Stock Market Plummets as Fed Chair Powell Gives Dire Warning: Donald Trump’s policies are about to destroy the economy.
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2 months ago |
macrobusiness.com.au | Leith van Onselen
CoreLogic released its final auction results for last weekend. The clearance rate was just 59.9% nationally, the second time in three weeks it has been below 60%. The following chart plots the monthly average final auction clearance rate across the major markets. AdvertisementAs you can see, the decline in the national final clearance rate has been driven by Sydney, with Melbourne’s falling by a smaller amount.
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2 months ago |
macrobusiness.com.au | Leith van Onselen
The Albanese government’s Australian Universities Accord Final Report set a target of 55% of young Australians having a university degree by 2050. The report states that to meet its 55% university attainment target, “the system will need to more than double the number of Commonwealth-supported students in universities from 860,000 currently to 1.8 million by 2050”. MacroBusiness has always argued that too many young Australians are studying at university instead of TAFE and vocational education.
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