Inflation
Rents, weather events and premiums mean fight against inflation not yet won
Australia’s inflation rate has been falling for over 18 months, but rent and insurance inflation are among the household essentials bucking that trend.
- by Rachel Clun
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Opinion
Interest rates
The ‘brace position’ that could help some homeowners’ budgets
Australian borrowers now know to talk to their lender before they get into serious money trouble – and that’s a good thing.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Early end-of-financial-year sales help lift retail spending
Retail turnover rose by 0.6 per cent in May following two sluggish months of consumer spending.
- by Rachel Clun and Shane Wright
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Donald Trump’s dangerous ideas have these ‘vigilantes’ worried
With Donald Trump favoured to regain the US presidency, a group of investors is starting to focus on the implications of his core economic policies. They’re concerned.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Interest rates
The only certainty for your mortgage rate – Reserve Bank uncertainty
The Reserve Bank is supposed to have a handle on how the economy will perform over the next two years. Its minutes show it doesn’t.
- by Shane Wright
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Sharemarket
ASX retreats as tech firms slide; coal miners surge after mine fire
Eight out of the 11 ASX sectors ended Monday’s trading session in the red, with a surge in the shares of coal miners helping to temper some of the losses as the benchmark index fell 0.2 per cent.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Australian economy
Why we’re going into the new financial year carrying last year’s problems
It is difficult to see anything much that will stimulate corporate profits in the remainder of this calendar year.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Interest rates
Why interest rate speculators should get back in their box
The future of interest rates needs more brainpower and a lot less idle speculation.
- by Ross Gittins
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Tax cuts
Value of stage 3 tax cuts will be gone soon after next election
Australians will start to see their pay packets improve from Monday as the stage 3 cuts begin, but more tax cuts are needed to stop tax rates climbing higher.
- by Shane Wright
Third-largest budget surplus soon to turn into a sea of red ink
Lower spending has helped the budget show the third-largest surplus on record. But it is likely the nation’s finances will shift from the black into the red.
- by Shane Wright
Rate rises hit the jobs market as ‘help wanted’ signs disappear
The Reserve Bank has said it wants to bring down inflation and keep the jobless rate as low as possible. Now job vacancies are starting to fall sharply.
- by Shane Wright
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