“I had no idea how much progress I’d made until I stopped to look,”
Tariffs to give us a 50bps cut?! – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Tariffs and a new world order It’s all about the Trump Tariffs and the meltdown in markets they’ve caused this week. Final numbers are yet to be confirmed, but on current estimates, the US now has the highest effective tariff rate since 1904! The shock that […]
T-Bomb: Success is not in do-it-yourself
Truth Bomb Tuesday: I don’t want to be ‘resilient’ “I should be able to do it myself, shouldn’t I?” I feel like I hear this a lot. Especially as someone who coaches people into success through property investing, I hear it all the time. “Sure, Dymphna. You could coach me into property investing. But I […]
What’s driving the liquor boom? – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Property Market Still Tight Australia house prices edged up to new record highs in March, as the market remains chronically undersupplied. This is about the number of houses – reflected in the vacancy rate which fell in the month and remains around record lows… But it’s […]
Is the jobs market about to collapse?
The first cracks are starting to appear… The post-Covid economy has thrown up a few puzzles. The first was how the biggest barrage of rate hikes in history barely knocked the property market from its stride. I’ve talked about that before. But the second is how the biggest barrage of rate hikes in history has […]
T-Bomb: Why people-pleasers struggle with wealth
Truth Bomb Tuesday: It’s a common tendency. Is it holding you back? There are a few glitches in the psyche that work as wealth repellents – belief systems that we inherited or picked up that undermine our efforts to build wealth for ourselves. A good-chunk of my work feels like pest-extermination. One of the common […]
Is the rental crisis finally over?
Rental price growth is coming off the boil, but rents keep going up. The rental market remains incredibly tight. After exploding during Covid, rental inflation has started to return to more normal levels recently, but rental prices are still going up. It’s worth noting here that this is a global phenomenon. The Economist magazine noted […]
T-Bomb: 3 steps to joyful motivation
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Most motivated people aren’t doing it well. Motivating yourself is easy. Motivating yourself well is hard. I was talking to one of my students about this after a session a little while ago. She was talking about how she never feels like she gets enough help around the house, and it stresses […]
Romance is dead – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Building Back Normal Building approvals continue to trend higher, with another significant gain in January. We’re still short of the 20,000 a month run rate required for the government’s target, but it’s an improvement. Consumers welcome rate cut In more good news, consumer confidence continues to […]
T-Bomb: It took us 30 years to perfect this
Truth Bomb Tuesday: You don’t have to do it alone. You don’t want to. We all want the same things: Good friends, someone to love, decent wifi, and the time to do whatever we want. The first three are free (my local café has excellent wifi if you buy a muffin.) But unfortunately, time is […]