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2022

10 Jun - A deeper reality
09 Jun - A dirty French word
08 Jun - The hawks are out
07 Jun - A special kind of reverse genius
03 Jun - An economic hurricane
02 Jun - Until it was too late
01 Jun - European theatre
31 May - A good, hard look
30 May - Raining money on fools
27 May - Inflation spirals on up
26 May - Firetrucks with sirens blaring
25 May - Bottom fishing
24 May - Quantitative tightening
23 May - Running rampant
20 May - Working more for less
19 May - A clear reduction in living standards
18 May - Very stimulatory
17 May - Someone will ultimately pay
16 May - Musk has second thoughts
13 May - Hopelessly unproductive works
12 May - Rapidly growing risks
11 May - A negative feedback loop
10 May - Slowly and in secret
09 May - The big questions
06 May - Step back and just breathe
05 May - The world's dominant currency
04 May - Better late than never
03 May - Its got a magic to it
02 May - Conflicting goals
29 Apr - Musk's plans for Twitter
28 Apr - We have lift-off 🚀
27 Apr - Do it again 🎶
26 Apr - Forced to play catch-up
22 Apr - Even further behind
21 Apr - A near inevitability
20 Apr - Transitory vibes
19 Apr - It's sure to be entertaining 🍿
14 Apr - Putin isn't losing
13 Apr - A conflict is brewing
12 Apr - The Seinfeld election
11 Apr - All over again
08 Apr - No end in sight
07 Apr - Conflicting forces
06 Apr - Technically the truth
05 Apr - China locks down
04 Apr - A consistent downturn
01 Apr - A just, democratic world order
31 Mar - What if he's right?
30 Mar - The inflation divergence
29 Mar - The caviar of iron ore
28 Mar - Fraught with risk
25 Mar - The bare minimum
24 Mar - Wither Hong Kong
23 Mar - Wishful and delusional thinking
22 Mar - Long social distancing
21 Mar - Revising down China
18 Mar - Under pressure
17 Mar - Denmark's rising deaths
16 Mar - A deep hole of its own making
15 Mar - The biggest price inflation shift
14 Mar - Great power mixed with great resentment
11 Mar - It's not 1955 anymore
10 Mar - Chasing the full employment dragon
09 Mar - Broad spillover effects
08 Mar - A new arc of autocracy
04 Mar - An endgame in Ukraine
03 Mar - A crisis of its own making
02 Mar - Putin's propaganda
01 Mar - Worst of both worlds
28 Feb - A financial nuclear weapon
25 Feb - Digital jail
24 Feb - Going backwards
23 Feb - Russia's "peacekeeping" mission
22 Feb - Invade soon or go home
21 Feb - Two weeks later
18 Feb - Running hot
17 Feb - A global problem
16 Feb - An urgent and critical situation
15 Feb - A shocking necessity
14 Feb - Preparedness instead of containment
11 Feb - The sky won't be the limit
10 Feb - The hardest place to do business
09 Feb - Recalculating hospitalisations
08 Feb - Confident and wrong
07 Feb - Israel's rise in deaths
04 Feb - Facebook's metacurse
03 Feb - Hardly ideal
02 Feb - Prepared to be patient
01 Feb - The misinformation debate
31 Jan - Problem solved! 🙈
28 Jan - A year too late
27 Jan - It's like the pandemic never happened
25 Jan - The most distressed sovereign debt in the world
24 Jan - Stubbornly dogmatic
21 Jan - Not much slack
20 Jan - The death knell of the dot-com bubble
19 Jan - The most pessimistic since 1992
18 Jan - China's bullheaded quest
17 Jan - Harder and faster
14 Jan - 🚨 Code red
13 Jan - The future is electric
12 Jan - The true death toll
11 Jan - You can't stop a gold rush
10 Jan - Foam-flecked at the mouth

2021

17 Dec - Inaction bias
16 Dec - Shift the thinking
15 Dec - Build Back Never
14 Dec - The optimal care
13 Dec - An emerging wage-price spiral
10 Dec - Talking about the future
09 Dec - Removing the cone of uncertainty
08 Dec - A lot can happen in two months
07 Dec - Doubling down
06 Dec - Crazier than the dot-com era
03 Dec - A balancing act
02 Dec - Lost some potency
01 Dec - The world's largest economy
30 Nov - Continued to deteriorate
29 Nov - The precautionary principle
26 Nov - Crypto divided
24 Nov - An irresponsible statement
23 Nov - Crypto, fad or opportunity?
22 Nov - Boiling over
19 Nov - Fleeting freedoms
18 Nov - Bureaucrats speculating on bonds
17 Nov - Tilted to the upside
16 Nov - China trundles along
15 Nov - On the wrong path
12 Nov - 🎌 Japanisation
11 Nov - Europe's stuttering engine
10 Nov - An electric future
09 Nov - Vulcan, a sign of the times?
08 Nov - Going hungry
05 Nov - A new crisis on the horizon
04 Nov - Care or cases
03 Nov - Throwing in the towel
02 Nov - Solving world hunger
01 Nov - The metaverse
29 Oct - The great resignation
28 Oct - Inflation is here
27 Oct - Back to normal
26 Oct - Lowest in three years
25 Oct - One piece of the puzzle
22 Oct - Exploding demand
21 Oct - Every option is terrible
20 Oct - A game of tug of war
19 Oct - The great Kiwiflation
18 Oct - Like cats stuck in a tree
15 Oct - Two steps forward, one step back
14 Oct - Awash with cash
13 Oct - How to solve a debt crisis
12 Oct - Why aren't markets clearing?
11 Oct - The great office refusal
08 Oct - A long, cold, crazy winter
07 Oct - A seven-year first
06 Oct - Russian roulette
05 Oct - Merck's magic pill
01 Oct - Powering down
30 Sep - Building a bubble
29 Sep - It's testing time
28 Sep - Vertical drinking
24 Sep - The global financial crisis for commodities
23 Sep - China wakes up
22 Sep - Buyer beware
21 Sep - A permanently weaker nation
20 Sep - China's Lehman Brothers moment
17 Sep - That fella down under
16 Sep - Boris' winter plan
15 Sep - Through the roof
14 Sep - Vaccine mandates
13 Sep - Big banks turn sour
10 Sep - The roadmap to freedom
09 Sep - Common prosperity
08 Sep - Delay, but not derail
07 Sep - Evergrande's countdown
06 Sep - Trudeau's greedy gamble 🍁
03 Sep - Big Tech Down Under
02 Sep - Peak global growth?
01 Sep - Australia divided
31 Aug - China's cleanse 🙊
30 Aug - Reassessing quantitative easing
27 Aug - Qantas' wing and a prayer
26 Aug - China's peak steel
25 Aug - It's like that movie The Croods
24 Aug - Darkest before the dawn
23 Aug - An impossible task
20 Aug - China's slowing down
19 Aug - Always planning, never doing
18 Aug - The not-so free zone
17 Aug - An uncomfortable experiment
16 Aug - New South Wales' gamble
13 Aug - New Zealand's reopening
12 Aug - Apple's slippery slope
11 Aug - Icelandic insights
10 Aug - Pandemic lows
09 Aug - This is a race
06 Aug - Ignoring the advice
05 Aug - It's too soon to freak out
04 Aug - Peak Delta?
03 Aug - A solution looking for a problem
02 Aug - The Freedom Zone
30 Jul - How the mighty have fallen
29 Jul - Hotel quarantine gets leakier
28 Jul - A lasting shift
27 Jul - How we're tracking
26 Jul - Good for some
23 Jul - Denominators
22 Jul - Lockdown fatigue
21 Jul - Communicating the risks
20 Jul - When will it end
19 Jul - New horizons
16 Jul - Lowest in a decade
15 Jul - Blaming the advice
14 Jul - History repeats
13 Jul - Lockdown scars
12 Jul - China, privacy advocate
09 Jul - Managing the virus
08 Jul - Different choices
07 Jul - The attention recession
06 Jul - Prisoners of our own success
05 Jul - Four phases to freedom
02 Jul - Workers wanted
01 Jul - The national blame game
30 Jun - A tinderbox ready to ignite
29 Jun - Mired in debt and deficit
28 Jun - Vaccination Allocation Horizons
25 Jun - Vaccine passports
24 Jun - Slow and ineffective by design
23 Jun - Bitcoin's death cross
22 Jun - A ScoMotion train wreck
21 Jun - Cashed up
18 Jun - Recovery to expansion
17 Jun - Bubble trouble?
16 Jun - The coming vaccine slowdown
15 Jun - More housing stimmy
14 Jun - Talk about awkward
11 Jun - Is Google a utility?
10 Jun - It's not so bad down under
09 Jun - The vaccination surge
08 Jun - Where are the workers?
04 Jun - About those self-driving cars
03 Jun - Popular delusions
02 Jun - We're getting there...
01 Jun - Media Groupthink
31 May - Shrouded by a dark cloud
28 May - Crunching the numbers
27 May - The bizarre US housing market
26 May - More carrot, less stick
25 May - Not just crypto
24 May - A permanent pandemic stalemate
21 May - A tale of complacency
20 May - China tanks crypto
19 May - China wants to trade
18 May - Politics first, health second
17 May - Gummed up
14 May - Musk turns on Bitcoin
13 May - The Hermit Kingdom
12 May - 2021 Budget Wrap
11 May - Panic mode
10 May - The Doge dumpster fire
07 May - Safe and secure
06 May - All-in on housing
05 May - Leveraging into houses
04 May - Falling further behind
03 May - Input prices are soaring
30 Apr - Deeper in Debt
29 Apr - A 787-sized loophole
28 Apr - The lucky country
27 Apr - The blame game
23 Apr - A snag and a vax
22 Apr - Finally!
21 Apr - What about the Dollarydoo?
20 Apr - The corporate zombie apocalypse
19 Apr - In no hurry
16 Apr - The damage is done
15 Apr - Backflips all round
14 Apr - How not to solve housing
13 Apr - Jobs if you want them
12 Apr - Pfizer to the rescue
09 Apr - As many stadiums as you like
08 Apr - Arguing semantics
07 Apr - Australia's vaccine hesitancy
06 Apr - Crisis averted
01 Apr - Target missed
31 Mar - Beautifully, absolutely beautifully
30 Mar - The ship is afloat
29 Mar - Fingers crossed
26 Mar - It's still stuck
25 Mar - Fires, floods and... spiders?
24 Mar - Victoria eases restrictions
23 Mar - No Kiwi travel bubble
22 Mar - No cheering, shouting or singing
19 Mar - Hit by a rainbow
18 Mar - 'We are not in a hurry'
17 Mar - Long live the Technoking
16 Mar - Mining boom take... three?
15 Mar - The Big Biden Stimulus