The Credit Monster Which Is Strangling Australia!

February 13, 2025 00:13:14
The Credit Monster Which Is Strangling Australia!
Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
The Credit Monster Which Is Strangling Australia!

Feb 13 2025 | 00:13:14

/

Show Notes

As foreshadowed, housing has become a major battleground for the main parties, as record prices, an acute shortage of rental properties and high interest rates combine to significantly reduce affordability. We know that on an international basis, household debt to income ratios in Australia are significantly higher, than even New Zealand and Canada, who both have severe housing crises. Well, done Australia, a direct result of 30 years of bad policy, and overleverage. And weirdly even now, according to IFM data the surge in average loan sizes is behind the inexorable growth in Australian home prices. Today I want to […]

Other Episodes

Episode 0

November 09, 2023 00:09:40
Episode Cover

Cash Remains King In An Outage (So Let’s Protect It!)

Optus’ network failures have again highlighted the risks to the community when technology breaks. There were structural reasons why the failures happened, but the...

Listen

Episode 0

May 27, 2023 00:23:19
Episode Cover

Another Dose Of “Hope-ium” Kicks Markets Higher! [Podcast]

US stocks rose broadly in their last trading day before a long weekend, despite painfully slow progress on debt ceiling negotiations and disappointing inflation...

Listen

Episode

January 13, 2020 00:12:26
Episode Cover

The Real Costs Of The Bushfires… [Podcast]

We look at the latest estimates for the costs of the bushfires, especially as they relate to tourism, and consider the problem of smoke...

Listen