Macro View | James Foster

Australia's latest monthly employment report for April is due this morning local time (1130 AEST). Wages growth surprised a little to th...

The Australian mortgage market cooled in early 2025 despite the March quarter seeing the first RBA rate cut since the pandemic. Both the val...

Australian wages growth came in a touch above expectations rising by 0.9% in the March quarter, lifting the annual pace from 3.2% to 3.4% to...

One of Australia's main indicators of wages growth is published today, with the Wage Price Index (WPI) series for the March quarter  out...

Equities drifted lower in the US and most of Europe this week going into weekend talks in Switzerland between the US and China on trade. Fol...

Australian dwelling approvals saw their sharpest fall in 21 months posting an unexpectedly large decline of 8.8% in March (vs -1.3% expected...

Reports that the lines communication for trade negotiations between the US and China may be starting to open and solid US data supported ris...

Australian retail sales posted a modest 0.3% rise in March (4.3%yr), slightly missing expectations (0.4%) as the disruptions of ex-Tropical ...

After narrowing to a 4½-year low in February ($2.9bn), Australia's goods surplus widened to a 13-month high of $6.9bn in March, more tha...

Australia's key March quarter CPI outcomes surprised slightly to the upside of consensus, but today's report has kept pricing for an...

Australia's CPI inflation report for the March quarter is due from the ABS this morning (1130 AEST). With further disinflationary progre...