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The Invisible Hand#20 - Australia’s Turning Point with Monthly CPI Energy Realities and Housing ImbalancesInflation has turned upward again, and this month’s news brings a shift that economists and households alike will feel. In What’s in the News, we start with the first official monthly CPI release from the ABS, which shows headline inflation rising to 3.8 percent. We walk through what’s driving the move including housing costs, food prices, and the sharp jump in electricity bills. We also look at why the RBA is expected to hold rates despite the reversal in trend.In The Hand, the conversation shifts to the real pressure point behind the scenes: structurally higher...
2025-12-0544 minThe Invisible Hand#19 - RBA Policy, Russia’s War Economy, and Global Demographic DeclineThis week, as the dust settles on another quarter of global economic uncertainty, we’re trying to find pockets of optimism. We actually found one right here at home. Domenique kicks us off with a surprising announcement. She's launched a new dip company with her partner in New South Wales! We take that local entrepreneurship and immediately zoom out to the world of finance, where gold prices are up a remarkable 50% this year. The whole conversation becomes a search for the connections between small-scale ventures and the massive forces that drive the world economy.In our first ma...
2025-10-2050 minThe Invisible Hand#18 - Productivity on Pause: Why Australia Risks Falling BehindAustralia’s economy is growing, but the gains aren’t keeping pace with the past. Domenique and Paul open with a sharp focus on stalled productivity growth and why it matters. Along with how it shapes living standards, and why it feels like today’s prosperity is being borrowed from tomorrow. From there, what’s in the news takes over. We discuss housing prices climbing for the sixth straight month with Darwin leading the charge, commodities bouncing around on tariff headlines, solar panels and home batteries taking off as energy bills keep rising, and Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal by a feder...
2025-09-0336 minThe Invisible Hand#17 - Pressure Points: The Fed, Trump’s Tariffs, and the Rise of HermèsDomenique and Paul dig into the economic pressures shaping the world right now, kicking off with What’s in the News. They break down the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates at 4.5%, despite internal dissent and political pressure. With U.S. GDP bouncing back to 3% in Q2 and inflation holding at 2.7%, they look at how front-loaded imports to beat tariffs distorted the numbers—and why Jerome Powell is under fire once again.The segment also covers Trump’s latest tariff hikes: Brazil gets hit with a jump from 10% to 50%, and India faces a new 25% rate over ties to...
2025-08-1131 minThe Invisible Hand#16 - Re-elections, Reversals, and Ratings: Australia and the Global EconomyWhat happens when political forecasts miss the mark, global rules evolve, and economic models don’t quite capture reality? In this episode, we dive into the major political and economic stories shaping Australia’s role on the world stage. Co-hosts Domenique Sherab and Paul Scanlon take you through a three-part format, delivering insightful analysis and grounded perspectives on the key forces driving markets and policy decisions.We start by unpacking Australia’s recent federal election, where the Labor Party achieved a historic re-election while the Liberal campaign faced an unexpected and significant setback which caught many by surpri...
2025-05-3040 minThe Invisible Hand#15 - The Invisible HandIn episode 15, Domenique and Paul try to avoid talking about Trump's tariffs but end up doing it alot. In between, they discuss housing affordability in Australia and the major parties policy proposals to address this before the upcoming Australian election; and whether the Euro could ever become the global reserve currency.
2025-05-0147 minThe Invisible Hand#14 – The Invisible HandIn this episode, Domenique and Paul throw out the plan for the episode to discuss the biggest economic news story of the day: the fall out from Trump's new tariff regime on the world.
2025-04-1043 minThe Invisible Hand#13 - The Invisible HandIn this episode, Domenique and Paul discuss Trump's tariffs and Chinese consumption, dive deep into the findings of the Knight Frank Wealth Report and consider the big economic risks for 2025.
2025-03-2439 minThe Invisible Hand#12 - The Invisible HandIn the 12th episode, Domenique and Paul discuss the latest Australian inflation print and economic decisions coming from the new Trump administration. In the second section, we discuss Deepseek and how it is disrupting markets and whether this will have long term global and Australian economic impacts. In our final segment, we discuss the current financial malaise in China and some local factors contributing to this.
2025-02-1137 minThe Invisible Hand#11 - The Invisible HandIn the first episode for 2025, Domenique puts Paul back in the hot seat while he sets his predictions for the year ahead: from GDP and inflation, to whether Trump will go ahead with his trade war.
2025-01-1537 minThe Invisible Hand#10 - The Invisible HandIn the final episode for 2024, Domenique and Paul discuss the RBA's latest decision to hold the cash rate in the face of weak wages and GDP growth and review Paul's economic predictions for the year to see how he fared.
2024-12-1619 minThe Invisible Hand#9 - The Invisible HandIn episode 9 Domenique and Paul throw out the usual structure of the podcast to discuss the momentous US election and the economic policy implications this may have for the US and the world.
2024-11-2540 minThe Invisible Hand#8 - The Invisible HandIn this episode, we discuss the latest economic data coming out of the Australian and Chinese economies, the upcoming US presidential election and, for our final segment, return to Paul's predictions for 2024 to see how he is tracking.
2024-09-0439 minThe Invisible Hand#7 - The Invisible HandIn episode 7, we run through some key data points that have come out over the last quarter, from GDP, inflation, wages growth to understand what these mean for the Australian economy. In our final segment, we discuss three emerging industries in China and discuss whether they can help solve the structural problems the country faces.
2024-04-0638 minThe Invisible Hand#6 - The Invisible HandIn our final episode for 2023, we talk predictions: will the cash rate go up, inflation down? Will the price of oil slump? Can China get out of its current economic malaise to bolster global growth? Tune in for the predictions to these and many more.
2024-01-1642 minThe Invisible Hand#5 - The Invisible HandIn episode 5 of the Invisible Hand, we discuss the most recent rate rise by the RBA, some new data releases coming out of Australia and the US, and Paul thinks about some thorny questions in the discussion about structural issues confronting the Chinese economy.
2023-12-0539 minThe Invisible Hand#4 - The Invisible HandOn this week of the Invisible Hand, we talk about the many variables that go into making decisions at the RBA, we take a look at the Australian economy and how the property market in China is faring and what impacts we can expect on the Australian economy.
2023-10-3134 minThe Invisible Hand#3 - The Invisible HandThis week in The Invisible Hand, Domenique is joined by Jamie Bang, while Paul is on paternity leave. In the episode we discuss housing undersupply in Australia, whether the RBA can still travel along the narrow path out of inflation and finally how both Jamie and I met Paul.
2023-10-0321 minThe Invisible Hand#2 - The Invisible HandFor our second episode we discuss the reduction in inflation in Australia and whether the RBA will be able to walk the 'narrow path' for another economic miracle, the downgrading of the US long-term credit rating and we return to consider the deflationary pressures plaguing Australia's biggest trading partner.
2023-08-2123 minThe Invisible Hand#1 - The Invisible HandFor our inaugural episode of the Invisible Hand, we discuss inflation, the current state of the property market and the role of dwindling primary exports in the Australian economy.
2023-08-0728 min