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Livestream featuring US jobless claims, Aussie GDP + farewell to Tony Makin

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Gene Tunny

I did a livestream earlier today with my regular co-host Tim Hughes on the latest economic news of the week, including the latest US initial jobless claims confirming a strong US economy, the impact of the omicron COVID-variant on equity … Continue reading →

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Gov’t and renewables making disproportionate contributions to demand growth in Qld

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The September quarter National Accounts published by the ABS yesterday revealed that the general government sector made a disproportionate contribution to Queensland state final demand growth that quarter, suggesting a strong pick up in the hiring of public servants, contractors, … Continue reading →

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No way Qld Gov’t can cancel 17 December reopening to other states – Omicron be damned

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Fortunately, the Queensland Government gave a firm commitment to reopen the state to interstate visitors on 17 December, and I doubt the Omicron variant will force the Government to cancel that reopening. It would wreck the government politically, just as … Continue reading →

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PM calls jobs boom, RBA warns of crypto crash, and UK inflation highest in 10 years – upcoming livestream

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Gene Tunny

As I’ve been covering on QEW and will discuss on today’s livestream (link above), there’s a lot of exuberance and optimism about the great Aussie reopening, and PM Scott Morrison has forecast a “jobs boom” based on healthy job vacancies … Continue reading →

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Lithium and the new energy revolution – my latest podcast episode

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The modelling for the Australian Government’s Long-Term Emissions Reduction Plan has been published and, while the report makes bold and arguably fantastic assumptions about future progress, it does contain some very useful information and commentary on various technologies relevant to … Continue reading →

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Billionaire and inheritance taxes podcast chat with Prof. Miranda Stewart

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Gene Tunny

There are growing calls to increase taxes on the wealthy in advanced economies such as the United States and Australia. For instance, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez controversially wore a white evening dress with the words Tax the Rich written in … Continue reading →

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ABS reveals big impact of lockdowns on retail trade + today’s livestream link

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Let’s hope the Queensland Government doesn’t impose a lockdown in response to the new cases coming out of Goondiwindi, as the ABS’s estimates of retail turnover for September quarter show us once more the large adverse impact that lockdowns have … Continue reading →

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Senator Canavan explains why he opposes Net Zero by 2050 in my latest Economics Explored episode

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Gene Tunny

In Episode 111 of my Economics Explored podcast, Queensland Senator Matt Canavan explains why he opposes the Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 objective. We have a wide-ranging conversation covering COP26, nuclear energy, hydrogen, China, the US political situation (particularly … Continue reading →

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Weekly wrap up – Aussie reopening, Kiwi inflation, oil and petrol prices, and Bitcoin news

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Gene Tunny

My latest Friday livestream covered: accelerating NZ inflation and the implications for interest rates of accelerating inflation in advanced economies more broadly; the great Australian reopening and booming job vacancies (i.e. as noted by the National Skills Commission “Nationally job … Continue reading →

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Livestream on US inflation, Aussie jobs data, and Qld’s low vax rate

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday afternoon I did my first livestream, covering: the growing concern internationally about accelerating inflation, prompted by the latest US CPI figures; the September ABS Labour Force data revealing big drops in hours worked and workforce participation in the locked-down … Continue reading →

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