The Bloomberg Australia Podcast

The Reserve Bank of Australia this week cut rates by 25 basis points, for the second time this year, while pulling off a post-Covid economic crisis soft landing for the local economy that few central banks have been able to execute.

This week on the podcast,  Rebecca Jones speaks to Bloomberg Economics’ James McIntyre about the outlook for interest rates, how that could be affected by Trump’s tariff war, and...

Australia’s finance industry is beset by a raft of compliance lapses, from data reporting breaches to trader misbehaviour. Macquarie was targeted yet again this week in a civil action filed by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission.

This week, Chris Bourke asks Bloomberg finance editor Adam Haigh: What’s going wrong with some of our biggest banks, and how did they fare in the latest reporting seaso...

How will Australia’s newly emboldened leader deal with a White House seeking to transform the world? Listen to this special edition of the Bloomberg Australia Podcast, taped in front of a live audience at our Sydney headquarters with a panel of Bloomberg experts.

Rebecca Jones speaks with Beijing Bureau Chief Yanping Li, Washington editor Derek Wallbank, economy reporter Swati Pandey and economist James McIntyre about Anthony...

For years, Australia’s “miracle” economy has been buoyed by immigration, property and China. With those three pillars now wobbling, whoever wins this weekend’s federal election faces an economy in need of some tough fixes.

This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones talks to Swati Pandey and Ben Westcott about the major parties’ economic policies, and whether either side has a plan that can fix...

Australian capital city house prices continue to rise, and hotly anticipated interest rate cuts later this year could add further fuel to the fire, leaving some buyers and renters struggling to keep roofs over their heads.

This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke talks to Brendan Coates, the Housing and Economic Security Program Director at the Grattan Institute, about what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition ...

As voters start heading to the polls in the Australian election, the market turbulence from Donald Trump’s trade war continues to drown out much of the leaders’ campaigns - even as some policies could impact investments across a range of asset classes.   

This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke asks cross-asset reporter Richard Henderson: what should investors be watching out for in the days runnin...

Governments in developed countries around the world are grappling with their migration policies and Australia is no exception, with the Labor and Liberal parties proffering competing plans on how to slash the number of people arriving at its borders.

This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones asks immigration expert Abul Rizvi about Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s migration policies ahead of the May 3 federal ele...

Three years ago, Australia was on the verge of an election dominated by a wave of independent MPs who promised a climate change reckoning. But climate talk seems to have taken a backseat in the current campaign ahead of the May 3 national poll.

This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg’s David Stringer break down the energy policies being pushed by the major parties this election campaign.

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Australia’s pension funds, known as superannuation, control a combined A$4.2 trillion, a lot of which is held in offshore assets with direct and indirect exposure to Trump’s tariff war.

This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke and ASFA CEO Mary Delahunty unpack the major parties’ election platforms relating to retirement savings and look at what superannuation funds are doing to stay calm in a time of global ma...

Stock markets staged a dramatic rebound in the wake of the US president’s pause on tariffs, following a tumultuous week that’s caused anxiety for investors and super fund members throughout Australia. 

This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke and Bloomberg News cross asset reporter Richard Henderson unpack the unprecedented market turmoil and ask: how does this all play out?

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Australians are set to go to the polls on May 3, with  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese going head-to-head with opposition leader Peter Dutton in a knife-edge campaign which could potentially result in a minority government. 

This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News government reporter Ben Westcott about the key issues to be debated in the coming weeks, from tax cuts to Donald Trump, and the...

More than a third of Australians are now regularly working from home, some five years after the pandemic forced many employees to start logging in from their kitchen tables.

This week, host Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News’s Peter Vercoe about the increasing opposition to remote working from business and politicians, and why it could be an issue in the upcoming Federal election.

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Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull this week sparked a fight with Donald Trump when he suggested, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, that the US President’s recent actions could make China a more attractive partner for some countries.

This week, host Chris Bourke asks Bloomberg News’s John Liu about the view from Beijing on the early days of Trump’s second term and how it could affect Austra...

Our A$4.1 trillion of superannuation funds are searching the globe for new places to invest our money even as tariffs and wars continue to create mayhem in financial markets. Host Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg superannuation reporter Amy Bainbridge: where are our retirement savings being invested both globally and at home, and what’s keeping the super fund chiefs awake at night?

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With the February reporting season almost wrapped up, host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg finance editor Adam Haigh dissect the key takeaways on global and local issues from the CEOs of some of Australia’s biggest listed companies.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has finally joined the global rate-cut club. Are they ‘one-and-done’ or can we expect more cuts in 2025? In this week’s episode, hear our interview with Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser, who was in the room when the call was made, and join host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg economy reporter Swati Pandey to break down the decision. 

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