Listener Bill asks: We keep hearing that productivity is the saving grace for the economy. Is that true?

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Listener Charlie asks: Hi Sean and Michael, love the show. Why is it that the Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock says that interest rates won’t fall until at least next year, yet financial markets and some economists don’t believe her? They say rates will fall this year.

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Listener Mark asks: You’ve mentioned the Roy Morgan Trust Survey five or six times now, on social media and on the podcast. It was in reference to Coles and Woolies, going from two of the most trusted brands in Australia, to two of the most distrusted brands. And that was before the ACCC made their claims about dodgy specials. A couple of questions. Why does trust matter to a business? In the case of Coles and Woolies - we’re still going to use them, even if we don’t trust them. And the bigger question - once trust is broken - can it be restored?

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Listener David asks: With the fight against inflation, are there not more innovative ways to reduce consumer spending compared to simply lifting interest rates? As you have discussed many times, raising interest rates generally only negatively impacts the spending habits of particularly demographics and often actually benefit older generations with large savings accounts. Could we consider raising super contribution percentages instead of interest rates? 

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Listener Dave asks: Sean uses various terms for share price movements and I wonder which ones mean something and which ones are just to make more interesting copy. I assume bounced is different from rose. And spiked is different from increased. Plunged is different from dropped. Or is it? For me anything less than a 5% change is just noise if you’re not a day trader. Can Sean please give us a definitive list of the phrases to pay attention to?

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Listener Jonathan asks: I am aware of West Texas Intermediate oil and Brent Crude oil, but I was wondering is that it, or are there loads of other oil variants with many other names that for some reason we just don’t care to remember or mention?

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Listener Buster asks: What are the major factors that affect the strength of the Aussie dollar?

What conditions would we need to see in order for me to get more bang for my buck next time I exchange currency on holiday?

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Listener Falgun asks: What is your take on the shrinking ASX 200 following the number of exits from big names in 2023-24? New IPOs are also not coming at the same rate. Do you see a potential fear from overseas investors or institutional investors avoiding future investments due to concentration?

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Listener Jacob asks: You were talking about consumer sentiment and business sentiment. How is it actually measured? I get measuring something like how much we're spending or saving, or how much businesses are investing, because those are dollar values. But sentiment is how we feel, so how do they measure it? And who does the measuring?

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Listener Benjamin asks: "In your newsletter last week you said the right to disconnect will change the way we work - because workplaces will be forced to have better communication around what’s expected. I manage a team within a larger organisation and want to get ahead of this. How best to do it? Is it an all-in meeting, so that everybody knows the ground rules for the workplace? Or one on one?"

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