Strong start to the year for Aussie dollar, gold still at near-record high

House prices are one thing, but how are people paying for them?

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00:00In what we seemingly accept as normal, the cost of homes has risen far more than the

00:07wages most people use to pay for them.

00:09Whether you look at household income or wages, what is clear is that for decades, but particularly

00:15since tax changes supercharged the market around the year 2000, it's been getting harder

00:20and harder to afford housing.

00:24Hong Kong's stock market surged overnight after an AI company listed.

00:28The offer was oversubscribed more than 2,000 times, so plenty of demand.

00:33The first day of trading on the Australian market for 2026 and the out-of-office emails

00:37are still bouncing about, but a strong start to the year for the Aussie dollar, which is

00:42looking better after a break in the eyes of traders.

00:46Gold still bouncing around near record highs as the economic year really begins as more

00:51people start to get back to work on Monday.

00:54And that's finance.

00:58The final day.

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