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
Half A Monday Evening Property Rant!
Although Edwin is still unwell, (get well soon, sir) in my rant tonight I walk through some of the recent items which came across my desk, thanks to Cookie, from productivity, government spending, pr…
00:21:33 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Meet Joe Wilkes: Conspiracy Realist!
I caught up with friend of the channel Joe Wilkes. Whats going on with property in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, and what forces are in play? http://www.martinnorth.com/ Details of our one to on…
00:40:36 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
The Mother Of All Bubbles Continues…
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. A seven-day global stock rally slowed down in…
00:26:47 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Neoliberalism: The Seeds Of Our Own Destruction!
I want to go a bit philosophical today because this past week I made shows about How To Fix Australia Before Its Too Late, and Pop Goes The Property Weasel. Underpinning these important discussions i…
00:13:25 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
The RBA’s Messy Day And Why Rate Cuts Might Be Delayed – Again!
It was a busy day at the RBA on Thursday, as their July 2025 Bulletin was released, including important analysis on how International Students impact the Australian economy (and housing); and also Mi…
00:16:43 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Ever Bigger Government Is Not The Answer…!
The current economic structure in Australia is failing to deliver better living standards for Australians. Despite the slightly stronger wages growth seen recently, overall productivity continues to …
00:10:56 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Pop Goes The Property Weasel! With Leith van Onselen
This is an edit of a live discussion with Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, co-founder of Macrobusiness as we probe the latest economic data and the apparent next leg up in property prices. Original…
01:47:16 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Lessons, As Kiwis See Inflation Up, But Home Prices Down!
More evidence today that New Zealand is on a different economic path to Australia. Today we got the CPI inflation data which showed that New Zealand inflation lifted further in Q2 to 2.7%. This mean …
00:10:34 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
How To Fix Australia… (Before Its Too Late)
No Property Rant tonight as Edwin has lost his voice (hopefully we will record later in the week) but this gives me the chance to share my edit of a recent show I recorded with Nuggets News, where we…
00:52:20 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Operation Antispruik: Melbourne Suburban Houses (July 2025)
Another deep dive into property data, this time centred around Melbourne suburbs. Thanks to Cookie for his research! http://www.martinnorth.com/ Details of our one to one service are here: https://di…
00:52:27 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Choppy Event Filled Trading Drives Markets To New Peaks Again!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering crypto and commodities along the way. Overall, Wall Street and most global benchmar…
00:32:10 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Its All Over! [Full Stop] With Tarric Brooker…
I am joined by Tarric Brooker, journalist, and now member of the Macrobusiness team, to pick over the latest data and charts. In this show we cover the deficit on real data, the demographic shifts in…
01:23:58 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Unemployment Up in June, But How Broken Is The ABS Data Compass?
There is a lot of kerfuffle about the latest employment statistics released today by the ABS as Australian unemployment unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in June because hiring almost stalled.…
00:11:29 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Who Pays For Card Payments? You Pay Of Course!
Electronic payments have taken over the lions share of transactions across Australia though around 15% of transactions are still cash, and its remaining a critical choice for people. But the dirty se…
00:09:10 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Whose Poodle Are We Anyway? With Robbie Barwick
This is an edit of a live discussion with Research Director from the Australian Citizens Party, Robbie Barwick, as we examine the latest on trade, tariffs, AUKUS, and Corporate Australia as we ask wh…
01:43:29 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week, a deep dive into the property management sector, and more on the problem with property data which distorts the truth. Plus what the China visit is really about. http://www.martinnorth.com/…
01:15:54 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Property Gaslighting Continues In Spades…
Once again, we are off to the races with preliminary auction clearance rates being spruiked to high heaven again over the weekend. As I discussed recently, these numbers are misleading because they r…
00:20:13 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Tariff Noose Tightens Even As Investors Buy Riskier Assets… But…
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. Investors are aggressively buying into riskier…
00:26:17 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Central Banks In Wonderland: As RBNZ Holds Too!
Today we look at the latest from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand where rates were held, though following cuts of 2.25%, compared with the RBA 0.5%. Uncertainly remains the watchword. So we reflect on…
00:13:51 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
“Kersplat”: The Collision Between Economics And Politics!
Yesterday as I discussed in my live show, the RBA held the cash rate at 3.85%, which surprised almost all economists, the media, and Labor politicians alike. If you listen to Michelle Bullock, at the…
00:09:25 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
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