Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
We discuss the latest finance and digital business news, with a distinctively Australian flavour
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2025
Productivity Special: Half A Monday Evening Property Rant!
Edwin, sad to say, was too unwell to record our normal show today, hopefully he will be back soon, get well sir….! So I took the opportunity to set out the Productivity stall ahead of the 3-day talk …
00:23:01 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
How To Fix Housing Affordability, Kiwi Style [But]….
Despite the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cutting the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.25% and with further rate cuts expected, New Zealand home prices nationally are down nearly 17% over 45 months and ar…
00:10:23 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Heady Days For The Market, Maybe, But How Sustainable?
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. Global stocks were flat but still traded near…
00:24:50 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
WARNING: Never, Ever, Ever Buy A Unit: With Joe Wilkes
I am joined again by friend of the show Joe Wilkes, as we kick around the high-rise unit question. Why are they being imposed on more and more households, and what are the consequences. How do we sta…
00:22:15 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Population Booms, Again, As Unemployment Falls!
More releases from the ABS today, including the update on employment statistics, as well as Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, and also average weekly earnings. Australia’ jobless rate tick…
00:12:28 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Have The Productivity Nuts and Bolts Bolted?
The elephant in the room of the upcoming dialogue on productivity is that it is mainly performative, despite the weak 0.7% estimate from the RBA as part of yesterday’s rate announcement, and the gap …
00:17:48 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Households Under The Pump: Make It Stop!
This is an edit of a live discussion as I walk through my latest surveys, and examine the mortgage and rental stress hot spots. Details of our one to one service are here: https://digitalfinanceanaly…
01:24:02 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Edwin is back in full voice as we pull apart the latest property news, with a focus on Real Estate Agents. From under quoting to driving rents higher, and from dummy bidding to poor data management, …
01:07:04 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Operation Antispruik: NSW South Coast [July 2025]
Another in our series of reality checks as we look at price drops in the NSW South Coast, thanks to Cookie for the research. Yes, folks, prices are falling in places here (despite the hype). And for …
00:28:41 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
How High Can Markets Climb Without Altitude Sickness?
This is our regular 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’s a complex trading environment ou…
00:31:35 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Bigger Government, Bigger Australia, But You Don’t Get A Say! With Tarric Brooker
A mega chat with Journalist Tarric Brooker, who brings along another great set of slides on the economy, and recent international trends. We go deep into the critical issues we face, and ask some imp…
01:30:37 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Costs Of Living Are Up: But How Much?
Last week’s the ABS released their CPI publication which showed price changes for all households living in capital cities. Now they have released a series of Living Cost Indexes shows how those price…
00:11:47 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Economic Update: July/Aug 2025
This is my edit of a regular monthly chat with Nuggets News about the latest economic and market data. Today we look at the latest on tariffs, AI and monetary policy, and look at the impact on market…
00:35:08 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Its Edwin’s Wednesday Evening Property Rant!
Yes, Edwin is back as we kick around the latest property data and the “you can’t make this s*it up” segment. Plus some case studies of what can go wrong, and why we need to get the right data to make…
01:03:44 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Are Markets At A Wobbly Top, Or Is There More To Go? With Damien Klassen
This is an edit of a live discussion with Head of Investment Damien Klassen as we examine the latest from the markets, and consider how this plays out, and how investment strategies should respond. D…
01:25:33 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Half A Monday Evening Property Rant!
As Edwin remains indisposed, tonight I walk through some of the new data on property across the country, as the Government lifts the number of students for next years (yes, really), home prices we ar…
00:23:07 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Was Mad Max A Documentary? Or Should We Just Be Scared: With Joe Wilkes
Joe Wilkes and I dig deeper into the rabbit hole of corruption and digital control, and ask who is really in charge? http://www.martinnorth.com/ Details of our one to one service are here: https://di…
00:39:54 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
Markets Caught Between Trade War Down Draft And AI Hype; Look Out Below!
This is our latest market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, and cover commodities and crypto along the way. Global markets were floored from recent high…
00:27:33 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Operation Antispruik: Far North Queensland [July 2025]
This is the latest in our occasional series, where thanks to Cookie Boy, we do a deep dive into recent property price reductions, and add in my latest survey and property price trend information to g…
00:42:44 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Fed Stands Pat; Waiting For Data But Becoming Obsolete?
Yesterdays Fed decision to hold their cash rate, despite two dissenters on the FOMC, Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman (both Trump appointees), voting 9-2 to hold its benchmark federal…
00:21:08 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
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