Download IPFS Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the world’s largest industrial real estate investment trust (REIT), is set to release its second-quarter 2025 earnings on July 16. With an impressive streak of earnings beats and consistent leasing activity, the company enters the quarter facing a more uncertain economic landscape. Investors will[Read More…]

Download IPFS Australian consumer confidence showed only marginal improvement in July, with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index rising a mere 0.6% as households grappled with the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to maintain interest rates at 3.85%. The restrained growth follows June’s equally modest 0.5% increase, revealing persistent economic pessimism[Read More…]

Download IPFS Economists are quietly pushing for an increase to Australia’s 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) as the federal budget faces a $80 billion structural deficit, but politicians remain allergic to the conversation. With income tax accounting for over half of government revenue and Treasurer Jim Chalmers seeking to[Read More…]

Download IPFS Australia’s productivity crisis and cost-of-living pressures stem from four decades of unchecked wealth concentration, with the top 10% of households now controlling 44% of the nation’s wealth. As Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares for a national productivity roundtable, economists warn that “rent-seeking” behavior – where wealth grows through asset[Read More…]