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
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2025
Confident Or Constrained Consumer?
Australian consumers are starting to spend more as disposable incomes and wealth climb, a welcome boost for the economy that could slow the pace of monetary easing if it persists, according to Reserv…
00:13:47 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
The Growth Doom Loop That No One Wants To Talk About!
Today we got the final piece of the national accounts data from the ABS for the second quarter 2025. The GDP result was better than many had expected, because although analysts had tipped a 0.4% rise…
00:11:58 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Investors v Toppy Markets And Fed Independence? With Damien Klassen
This is an edit of a live discussion with Damien Klassen Head of Investments At Walk The World Funds and Nucleus Wealth. As we run into the northern autumn, markets generally wobble, but this year ha…
01:36:49 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
In this edition of our property rant Edwin and I kick around the latest political and property news, and examine the gap between political aspiration to build 1.2 million homes and the reality on the…
01:00:33 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Pop Goes “Independent” Central Bankers?
Central banks have, it is claimed, played an integral role in the evolution of modern economies. Initially, central banks were closely tied to governments. Their independence became a formalized goal…
00:17:07 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Hard Truths Ahead For The Endless Rally As US CEO Trump Fires?
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. At one level, markets have continued to chug …
00:29:08 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Inside The Property Crisis: With John Wright
This is a thought-provoking dive into the the root cause of the property crisis, and what may lay ahead. What do Marie Antionette, a lump of coal, and the Kingdom of Great Britain have to do with the…
01:15:40 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Migration, Replacement And Statistical BS
Last week on my show with Tarric Brooker we discussed the stouch about the ABS, migration and arrival statistics. Recall recent data on arrivals versus departures showed a significant uptick in popul…
00:19:49 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Inflation Not Dead, Just Resting… At Best…
Well, well, the monthly ABS data on inflation came in with a rate that accelerated faster than expected in July, moving closer to the top of the Reserve Bank’s 2-3% target, jumping to 2.8% — the high…
00:09:01 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Are The Banksters Calling The Shots? With Robbie Barwick
This is an edit of a live discussion with Robbie Barwick, the Research Director of the Australian Citizens Party, as we deep dive into the current politico-financial system, which seems to be driving…
01:42:11 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Yes, Edwin is back for another regular Rant! Today we cover the latest from the Government on First Time Buyer Incentives, more development planning disasters, and a case of under-quoting in the subu…
01:17:57 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Performative Politics Won’t Solve The Housing Crisis!
The announcement from the Government to freeze the building code came fast after the Productivity Round-table, and as expected, this is more performative politics, which will do nothing to solve hous…
00:14:21 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Markets Greet Light In Tunnel, But Is That A Train Coming?
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. Remarkably, the MSCI global index, which hit …
00:24:49 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: With Tarric Brooker
Another Friday evening deep dive into the data with journalist Tarric Brooker, as we look at the question of whether we can believe official statistics, the outcomes of the productivity sessions this…
01:21:38 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Stagflation Looms As Central Bankers Party Amid Peak Uncertainty!
Today we discuss the upcoming Jackson Hole Bun Fight and New Zealand Reserve Bank Decision to cut rates and I will argue that the whiff of stagflation is getting stronger, to the detriment of ordinar…
00:26:45 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
The Cracks Are Showing In Housing Policy!
Today we look at the latest from the “housing Debate” as reflected in to current talk-fest, the YIMBY versus NIMBY debate, a case study in reality from Rose Bay, together with slides from Edwin which…
00:22:12 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Can You Handle The Truth? With Tony Locantro
This is an edit of a live discussion with Tony Locantro as we examine the latest from markets, politics and life. Tony offers several financial services, such as investment management, financial plan…
01:19:31 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Down The Rabbit Hole Again (With George): Is The Economy Stupid?
Another of our occasional series with my friend George as we kick around the question of the current state of the economy, society and politics. Who is in control? Why are people feeling under pressu…
00:50:19 |
Mon 18 Aug 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
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