Israel. Iran. Oil. Inflation.

Just got my head served on a platter

And bravo ⁦ABC News⁩ for this still

Been in the US for just a few days

Inflation obviously still a problem

‘The surge in immigration is estimated to push the national housing shortfall to around 200,000 dwellings this financial year,’ AMP’s Shane Oliver notes

‘Consumer confidence has now been negative for 26 consecutive months which is the longest that confidence has been this negative apart from the 1989-1993 recessionary period,’ AMP notes

Yes, we are in an entrenched per capita recession and people are really bummed about it

Still incredibly difficult to find a rental in this country

‘The national rental vacancy rate was at 1.11% in March after rising 0.04 percentage points (ppt) over the month,’ PropTrack says

Ran a lemonade stand this evening.
Total cost: $10
Total revenue: $1.50
We’re having a strategy meeting tonight.
May need to be redundancies.
We’ll do our best to redistribute affected employees with the organisation.

The value of new investor loans in February was 21.5 per cent higher compared to a year ago.

“This made up over half of the growth in total new loan commitments over the past year,” ABS says

In late 2021 when other central banks saw inflation rising and lifted rates, the RBA was looking for wages growth to lift — which didn’t eventuate until last year

It took until May 2022 for Lowe to pull the trigger

Genuinely trying to help people save money when every dollar counts

This is today:

‘20% of Sydney servos are charging 235.9 for regular unleaded this morning. Prices are on the up’ Peter Khoury

This was Friday:

Please explain

Canada’s unemployment rate rises to 6.1%

Sydney and the Illawarra have been soaked by heavy rain overnight, with Penrith recording its heaviest rainfall in a 24-hour period.
 
Sydney’s Warragamba Dam has reached full capacity and began spilling at 5.45am.

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It’d be wise to fill up at the pump sometime soon, analysts say ⁦ABC News⁩

ATO has told the ABC that businesses are sitting on $1.9 billion of unpaid Superannuation Guarantee payments

US President Joe Biden has told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that future US support for the Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.

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Spare a thought for the reporters covering #BruceLehrmann Network Ten Federal Court case

Legal minefield, incredibly complex and so many layers