James Thomson
speaker
2,279 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Jun
James Thomson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Geez, our listeners are good, aren't they?
They're like elephants.
They never forget.
So the ASX is actually down year-to-date 0.8%.
So my prediction is looking absolutely cooked.
In my defence, Jordan, such as it is, I don't think anyone foresaw the biggest energy shock in the history of the world.
which has added to Australia's pretty ugly inflationary environment.
And so, yeah, I mean, I think over the course... It'll be remarkable if the ASX, you know...
It won't be remarkable.
It'll be impressive if the ASX can finish in the green for the year.
Maybe it finishes up 1% or 2% as the Iran situation sorts itself out, but we've still got this...
The RBA has still got this really big problem with inflation.
It had a problem before the war started, and I think the problem was bigger than I thought it was.
And so we start the year with these three consecutive rate rises.
We're probably going to get another.
If we get a fourth, then the pressure on the domestic economy is going to be huge.
I mean, I sort of keep writing about this.
The problem the RBA's got is that rates don't work like they used to.
And part of the reason for that is that we're all so rich.
Household wealth in Australia has gone up $3 trillion in the last two years through house prices and investment returns.
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