Start your morning with the numbers that matter. Presented by Ben van Rooy, the Breakfast Briefing delivers a concise daily wrap of Australia's economic conditions, global market movements, and what it means for interest rates and your finances. In under two minutes: overnight markets, inflation, employment, the Australian dollar, bond yields, oil, and gold. Every story connects back to what's happening here at home. New episodes every weekday. Full reports and Australia's best home loan and term deposit rates at interest.com.au.
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Start your morning with the numbers that matter. Presented by Ben van Rooy, the Breakfast Briefing delivers a concise daily wrap of Australia's economic conditions, global market movements, and what it means for interest rates and your finances. In under two minutes: overnight markets, inflation, employment, the Australian dollar, bond yields, oil, and gold. Every story connects back to what's happening here at home. New episodes every weekday. Full reports and Australia's best home loan and term deposit rates at interest.com.au.
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July 2, 2026
Breakfast Briefing | 3 July 2026 | US Jobs Miss, Rare Aussie Trade Deficit
<p>America's labour market cooled sharply in June, and closer to home Australia posted its first trade deficit since 2018. Here's what overnight markets mean for Australian investors and borrowers.</p><p>In today's Briefing:</p><ul><li>US payrolls added just 57,000 jobs in June, half the 110,000 expected</li><li>Federal Reserve officials now split on the rate path ahead</li><li>US factory orders fell 1.3% in May</li><li>China's car industry faces a profit squeeze, pressuring steel demand</li><li>Australia's trade balance swung to a 1.7 billion Australian dollar deficit</li><li>Gold at USD 4,106/oz, bitcoin at USD 61,635</li></ul><p>Read today's full Briefing with all source links: <a href="https://www.interest.com.au/economy/747/us-jobs-report-weak-us-factory-orders-also-weak-worse-after-adjusting-ppi-china">https://www.interest.com.au/economy/747/us-jobs-report-weak-us-factory-orders-also-weak-worse-after-adjusting-ppi-china</a></p><p>#BreakfastBriefing #AustralianEconomy #InterestRates #RBA #USJobs #FederalReserve #TradeDeficit #Bitcoin #GoldPrice #interestcomau</p>
July 1, 2026
Breakfast Briefing | 2 July 2026 | US Yields Climb Ahead of Payrolls
<p>Markets are sceptical of the rosy outlook from America's new central bank chief. US Treasury yields rose after the Fed signalled price risks had eased, a clear sign of where investors think rates and inflation are really headed.</p><p>Today's key moves:</p><p>● US 10 year Treasury yield up to 4.48% after the Federal Reserve's dovish comments<br>● ADP jobs survey soft at +98,000, ahead of Friday's non-farm payrolls print<br>● The US will not renew the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico<br>● China factory activity caps its strongest quarter since 2020<br>● Australian building approvals up 5.3% year on year, though home values fell 0.4% in June, a third straight monthly decline<br>● AUD 69 USc, Gold USD 4,070/oz, Bitcoin USD 60,115 (+3.1%)</p><p>With Friday's US payrolls report in focus, the labour market data will set the tone for the rate outlook into the second half of the year.</p><p>Full report with source links: <a href="https://www.interest.com.au/economy/746/eyes-us-non-farm-payrolls-us-crude-stocks-fall-again-reserves-43-year-low-usmca-not">https://www.interest.com.au/economy/746/eyes-us-non-farm-payrolls-us-crude-stocks-fall-again-reserves-43-year-low-usmca-not</a></p><p>#BreakfastBriefing #RBA #InterestRates #AustralianEconomy #interestcomau #FederalReserve #NonFarmPayrolls #BondYields #HousingMarket #Bitcoin</p>
June 30, 2026
Breakfast Briefing | 1 July 2026 | Oil Eases, Yen Sinks to 39-Year Low
<p>A busy morning offshore, with oil and the yen leading.</p><p>● Oil continues to ease despite an unresolved Persian Gulf standoff, with the US benchmark at just on USD 69.50/bbl and Brent near USD 73/bbl. A growing Chinese EV share of global car sales is one reason markets see softer crude demand ahead.<br>● The Japanese yen has slipped past 162 to the US dollar, its weakest in 39 years, with a two-month intervention effort failing to stem the slide.<br>● US consumer sentiment disappointed in June. Almost a quarter of respondents now describe jobs as hard to get, the highest reading since early 2021.<br>● German inflation eased to 2.3% in June, helped by lower energy prices.</p><p>Markets: AUD/USD at 69.2 USc, the Australian 10-year bond yield at 4.72%, the US 10-year Treasury at 4.43%, gold around USD 4,026/oz, and bitcoin at USD 58,325.</p><p>Full report and all the latest rates at interest.com.au.</p><p><a href="https://www.interest.com.au/economy/742/us-data-mixed-canada-grows-china-marks-time-german-inflation-eases-eyes-yen-rocket-lab">https://www.interest.com.au/economy/742/us-data-mixed-canada-grows-china-marks-time-german-inflation-eases-eyes-yen-rocket-lab</a></p><p>#BreakfastBriefing #RBA #InterestRates #AustralianEconomy #interestcomau #OilMarkets #JapaneseYen #GlobalEconomy #FixedIncome #Commodities</p>
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