Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

This is an edit of a live discussion with Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, co-founder of Macrobusiness as we probe the latest economic data and the apparent next leg up in property prices. Original show with chat here: https://youtube.com/live/JC7GsdI6Afw Details of our one to one service are here: https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/dfa-one-to-one/ Go to the Walk The World … Continue reading "DFA Live Q&A Replay: Pop Goes The Property Weasel! With Leith van Onselen"

More evidence today that New Zealand is on a different economic path to Australia. Today we got the CPI inflation data which showed that New Zealand inflation lifted further in Q2 to 2.7%. This mean that inflation is already at the peak the Reserve Bank had forecast in its May monetary policy statement. This confirms … Continue reading "Lessons, As Kiwis See Inflation Up, But Home Prices Down!"

No Property Rant tonight as Edwin has lost his voice (hopefully we will record later in the week) but this gives me the chance to share my edit of a recent show I recorded with Nuggets News, where we went deep into what needs to be done to fix Australia. We covered issues from housing … Continue reading "How To Fix Australia… (Before Its Too Late)"

Another deep dive into property data, this time centred around Melbourne suburbs. Thanks to Cookie for his research! http://www.martinnorth.com/ Details of our one to one service are here: https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/dfa-one-to-one/ Go to the Walk The World Universe at https://walktheworld.com.au/ Find more at https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/ where you can subscribe to our research alerts Please consider supporting our work … Continue reading "Operation Antispruik: Melbourne Suburban Houses (July 2025)"

This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering crypto and commodities along the way. Overall, Wall Street and most global benchmark indices rose on the week, as upbeat U.S. economic data more than compensated for the heightened trade uncertainty and Trump … Continue reading "Choppy Event Filled Trading Drives Markets To New Peaks Again!"

I am joined by Tarric Brooker, journalist, and now member of the Macrobusiness team, to pick over the latest data and charts. In this show we cover the deficit on real data, the demographic shifts in Australia and China, and the latest concerning economic indicators. Specifically, what this tells us about the future, and its … Continue reading "Its All Over! [Full Stop] With Tarric Brooker…"

There is a lot of kerfuffle about the latest employment statistics released today by the ABS as Australian unemployment unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in June because hiring almost stalled. This might suggest a loosening of the labor market and bolsters the case for the Reserve Bank to reduce interest rates next month. Certainly … Continue reading "Unemployment Up in June, But How Broken Is The ABS Data Compass?"

Electronic payments have taken over the lions share of transactions across Australia though around 15% of transactions are still cash, and its remaining a critical choice for people. But the dirty secret is that these electronic payments channels are costing people, via undisclosed or only partially disclosed fees. Once again, the financial sector players are … Continue reading "Who Pays For Card Payments? You Pay Of Course!"

This is an edit of a live discussion with Research Director from the Australian Citizens Party, Robbie Barwick, as we examine the latest on trade, tariffs, AUKUS, and Corporate Australia as we ask whose side should we be on, and what are the economic, social and political decisions which have been taken, and need to … Continue reading "DFA Live Q&A Replay: Whose Poodle Are We Anyway? With Robbie Barwick"

This week, a deep dive into the property management sector, and more on the problem with property data which distorts the truth. Plus what the China visit is really about. http://www.martinnorth.com/ Go to the Walk The World Universe at https://walktheworld.com.au/ Find more at https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/ where you can subscribe to our research alerts Today’s post is … Continue reading "Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!"