Ricardo

Is the ALP the Olympic Party?

With the Olympics done and finished, i figured it would be fun to look at the number of medals we

Cochrane says you cannot repeal the laws of arithmetic. If the real value of your debt is too high, you

The RBA’s Q3 SOMP was more cautious than I expected. The Bank basically just marked the current data to market,

I am generally a proponent of the unemployment-only take on the labour market survey – the survey is designed to

The RBA gave little away in their August statement – they made only the bare minimum of changes to their

I love R, but couldn’t live without excel — in part as it’s the form in which so much data

The resilience of the AUD has come as a surprise to many in the market, particularly as the foreign exchange

Prof. Warwick McKibbin has gone a bit rogue since leaving the RBA Board. In May, he warned that too deep

At first blush, the August RBA meeting seems a little boring – however i think that it is a mistake

Jon gives the etymology here. In summary, it means that the Fed is very close to acting. When used at

No one has ever made any money having faith in the ECB – and my skepticism was repaid again last

The reaction was mercifully modest given that i got it wrong – a fact i put down to markets being