Grim reality of owning a home exposed
Australians wanting the security of home ownership will be rocked by these figures showing just how easier it was a decade ago.
Interest Rates
Reserve Bank boss’s brutal three words
RBA Governor Michele Bullock has taken a thinly veiled shot at the government after yesterday’s decision to keep interest rates on hold.
Grim figures expose Aussies’ struggle
Experts have issued a warning as shocking figures expose just how hard it is for Aussies to get ahead during the cost-of-living crisis.
RBA’s grim warning on rates, inflation
The Reserve Bank is sticking to its guns not to cut the official cash rate while inflation remains too high, despite growing pressure to do so.
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Huge income Aussies need to afford rent
The amount average Aussies need to earn each week just to pay rent in some of the country’s most sought-after suburbs has been revealed.
Surprising detail in rate hike pain
Even as household budgets come under pressure, tens of thousands of Aussies took on additional debt in February, new data shows.
Surprising detail in rate hike pain
Even as household budgets come under pressure, tens of thousands of Aussies took on additional debt in February, new data shows.
Stocks drop as rate cut jitters return
With the benchmark finishing in the red for three of the past four sessions, the sharemarket dipped 1.6 per cent this week.
ASX snaps two-day losing streak
After a sharp sell-off during Wednesday’s session, the sharemarket unwound some, but far from all, of its losses on Thursday.
Surprising things Aussies buying in cost crisis
With Australians facing a cost of living squeeze, households devoted more of their budgets towards the essentials.
Secret to improving lives of Aussies revealed
Australia’s 2.6 million small and medium businesses could be key to unlocking the next wave of productivity growth.
ASX hit by faltering US rate cut hopes
Taking its lead from Wall Street, the local benchmark slipped as rate cut expectations continued to unwind.
Hidden $134k bonus in rate cuts
A pivot from the Reserve Bank could mean hopeful homeowners could have their borrowing power surge by thousands.
Hidden $134k bonus in rate cuts
A pivot from the Reserve Bank could mean hopeful homeowners could have their borrowing power surge by thousands.
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