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Mathew Stubbs. A$80,000 for one season. And the half he never budgeted for.

Sep 30, 2026

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5 min read

Mathew Stubbs. A$80,000 for one season. And the half he never budgeted for.

His budget blew out by about half. A big part of the reason was what everything cost once it was converted into US dollars.

Pattern Story

A Year Abroad, A 12% Swing Nobody Was Managing

Sep 23, 2026

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2 min read

A Year Abroad, A 12% Swing Nobody Was Managing

Thirty-plus Australian coaches and well over a hundred players are earning overseas right now. None of them chose where in a 12% range their pay would land this year.

Currency

Sep 16, 2026

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5 min read

$370 Million, 51 Countries, One Currency

MLS just published its transfer numbers. The part nobody costs is what happens between arrival and departure.

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

Morning FX desk — Monday 14 Sep

This week is heavy, and Friday’s US inflation report was the main driver.

Chris Broadfoot

US-Japan Corridor

A 40-Year High and a Four-Year $60m Contract

Sep 9, 2026

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3 min read

A 40-Year High and a Four-Year $60m Contract

Kazuma Okamoto is paid in dollars and lives in yen. What that contract is actually worth just moved again, plus a look at stablecoins and what's new on the channel.

Morning Report

Sep 7, 2026

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2 min read

The Pay Cut the Aussie Wrote

A rising Aussie sounds like good news — until you are paid in something else.

Currency

Aug 30, 2026

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2 min read

The Yen Just Woke Up

A quiet 2.8% move, and what it costs if you earn in dollars and send money home to Japan.

Currency

Did your Dubai completion date just cost you £36,000?

Aug 27, 2026

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2 min read

Did your Dubai completion date just cost you £36,000?

I wrote this in May. The pound has now done it a fifth time.

Chris Broadfoot

Morning Report

The Pay Cut Nobody Wrote Into the Contract

Aug 26, 2026

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2 min read

The Pay Cut Nobody Wrote Into the Contract

The pound is having a strong year against the US dollar. Against the Australian dollar, it is having a very different one.

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Mathew Stubbs. A$80,000 for one season. And the half he never budgeted for.

A Year Abroad, A 12% Swing Nobody Was Managing

$370 Million, 51 Countries, One Currency

Morning FX desk — Monday 14 Sep

A 40-Year High and a Four-Year $60m Contract

The Pay Cut the Aussie Wrote

The Yen Just Woke Up

Did your Dubai completion date just cost you £36,000?

The Pay Cut Nobody Wrote Into the Contract

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