The Invisible Hand

In 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. 

In 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.

In 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. 

In 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. 

In 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. 

In 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. 

In 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.

In 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. 

In 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. 

In 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. 

In 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. 

On 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. 

This 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. 

For 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.

For 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.