CurrentAffairs_0231Jan_Pammy

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Across
  1. 2. Sydney location name tied to the December attack discussed into January
  2. 5. Broad descriptor for global flashpoints affecting markets
  3. 6. The policy level the RBA sets for overnight money
  4. 9. Rental market topic frequently paired with housing stress
  5. 12. Portfolio linked to fiscal settings and policy trade‑offs
  6. 13. Formal process likely to follow major incidents
  7. 16. Another word lit on the harbour during the tribute
  8. 17. Region central to Australia’s strategic discussion
  9. 18. Major household pressure repeatedly flagged by commentators
  10. 22. Broad term for shares, bonds, property people “pile into”
  11. 23. What the nation observed in remembrance
  12. 24. A major domestic issue alongside inflation in early‑Jan political outlooks
  13. 25. Economic concept closely tied to central-bank decisions
  14. 27. Country often referenced in Indo‑Pacific security tensions
  15. 29. Another term for official investigation activity
  16. 30. what borrowers fear when policy tightens
  17. 31. Stock-exchange shorthand often used in Australian market talk
  18. 32. Domain of concern when violence shifts political priorities
  19. 34. Central bank (abbr.) watching prices and jobs closely
  20. 35. Government financial plan at the centre of cost‑of‑living trade‑offs
Down
  1. 1. Jobs-market measure watched alongside inflation
  2. 3. Infrastructure at the heart of large-scale AI build‑out
  3. 4. What a trade conflict becomes
  4. 7. Term for bringing communities together after a traumatic event
  5. 8. Indo‑Pacific security partnership involving Australia, UK, US
  6. 10. Symbol projected during Sydney NYE commemoration
  7. 11. Underlying CPI gauge often referenced by economists (“___ mean”)
  8. 14. Import taxes reshaping trade assumptions in commentary
  9. 15. Term for police presence/operations around major events
  10. 19. Measure of price rises that dominated early‑Jan economic talk
  11. 20. Hatred directed at Jewish people; a central post‑Bondi policy focus
  12. 21. Public New Year spectacle in Sydney described as sombre
  13. 26. Word lit on the harbour during the tribute
  14. 28. Markets fear of overvaluation in a hot tech theme
  15. 33. Island whose status is a recurring flashpoint