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Van Onselen: A 2027 Recession Risk, and Why Spending Restraint Cuts Both Ways

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: MacroBusiness chief economist Leith van Onselen sets out the risk of a technical recession in 2027 from diesel costs and further rate rises, and acknowledges that spending restraint would ease inflation while removing support...

Friday October 2, 2026

North: Australia’s Housing Market as a Three-Body Problem

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North: Australia’s Housing Market as a Three-Body Problem

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics argues that interest rates and lending policy drive Australian housing, sets out his survey measures of household financial pressure, and gives three scenarios for prices. Survey figures and...

Thursday September 24, 2026

Economists & Analysts

Laffer on Losses: “If You Remove Losses, There Are No Profits”

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: economist Arthur Laffer argues that a profit-and-loss system needs its losses, that the banks should have been allowed to fail in 2008, and that when a firm fails its assets pass to new owners...

Wednesday September 23, 2026

Economists & Analysts

Wolfers: “Not a Crisis Yet” — Explaining the Bond Sell-Off’s Direct Line to Australian Mortgage Rates

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers explains the global government bond sell-off in plain terms — and why rising US and global bond yields flow through into Australian mortgage rates largely independent of the...

Thursday September 10, 2026

Economists & Analysts

Yeaman: Back-to-Back Hikes “Not Out of the Question” as CBA Reads a Rising Neutral Rate

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: CBA Chief Economist Luke Yeaman says a Reserve Bank hike is "very clear" though its timing is not, reads a rising neutral interest rate behind the case for holding rates higher for longer, and...

Thursday September 10, 2026

Economists & Analysts

Koukoulas: An Orderly Correction, and Policy Working as Intended

An APN 23000 Series attributed perspective: independent economist Stephen Koukoulas reads the August housing downturn as an orderly correction that housing policy was aimed at delivering — and, in his view, is working. Independently corroborated against Cotality's July 2026 Home...

Friday August 21, 2026

Category: Economists & Analysts

Van Onselen: A 2027 Recession Risk, and Why Spending Restraint Cuts Both Ways

North: Australia’s Housing Market as a Three-Body Problem

Laffer on Losses: “If You Remove Losses, There Are No Profits”

Wolfers: “Not a Crisis Yet” — Explaining the Bond Sell-Off’s Direct Line to Australian Mortgage Rates

Yeaman: Back-to-Back Hikes “Not Out of the Question” as CBA Reads a Rising Neutral Rate

Koukoulas: An Orderly Correction, and Policy Working as Intended

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