Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

In our latest outing we explore the 10% property price falls which so many are talking about, the rise of One Nation, and the problems with the Government’s approach to the CGT reforms. Edwin highlights the issues with new construction economics and what people thinking about renovations need to take into account. If you are … Continue reading "It’s Edwin’s Monday Evening P...

It clearly looks like the property chickens are coming home to roost, as the financial pressures continue to build on many households, and it looks like the national auction clearance rate, at best a muddy measure of anything, is likely to fall below 50 per cent for the fifth week in a row as the … Continue reading "Property Pressure Building…"

This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. It was a positive week, with the US volatility index falling nearly 18% and the MSCI global equities index up1.16% on Friday, while the STOXX 600 in … Continue reading "Markets Moonshot Thanks To SpaceX, AI Bets And The Iran “Deal”"

In today’s Friday chat with journalist Tarric Brooker, we explore the latest data on housing, with some startling trends over time, and link these to productivity and other economic indicators, which suggests the economy is way off track, in terms of real income growth. Spin abounds. You can follow Tarric’s sliders here: https://x.com/AvidCommentator/status/2065327040719700289 What doe...

Ask most people, and they will say prices are rising, and rising fast. The latest consumer surveys showed that households across the country expect inflation to bubble higher, and our surveys confirm more are experiencing cash flow stress. In Australia as in many other countries inflation was already trending higher before the Gulf war and … Continue reading "Inflation: Reality Versus Spin,...