Albanese’s salad days are stalked by the spectres of stagflation and soaring bills
As the prime minister saunters down the RAAF VIP airstair on Sunday after another successful overseas trip some…
Week Ahead – Jittery Markets Await Central Bank Bonanza
Fed to highlight busy week for central bank decisions BoC expected to cut too, ECB and BoJ to…
New Zealand’s economy struggles sending the Kiwi dollar down
Kiwibank’s chief economist Jarrod Kerr explains how New Zealand’s economy has faltered post-COVID due to aggressive monetary policy…
Australia’s monthly CPI inflation rises to 3.0% YoY in August vs. 2.9% expected
Australia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed by 3.0% in the year to August, following a 2.8% increase reported in July,…
Quiet Markets Look to Fed and BoE Commentary
Forex markets started the week on a subdued note, with Asian trading showing little momentum. With no top-tier…
Home prices keep rising in ‘seller’s market’ as new property listings below average
Australian property prices have pushed higher again in August, as lower interest rates, rising real wages and buyer…
With RBA in their corner, investors are treating shares and property as sure bets — and that’s risky
Asset prices are now regularly soaring to new heights. To be clear, this is not normal. Asset prices,…
AUD/USD extends rally as Fed rate cut bets rise, RBA decision looms
AUD/USD climbs for the fourth straight day, buoyed by a weaker US Dollar and rising expectations of a…
‘Money that can expire’: RBA laying groundwork for a dystopian financial reality where ‘money is given a brain and then the switch is handed to someone else’
Something is happening to money. Not the kind of change you notice right away. The kind that takes…
Could Donald Trump’s power struggle with Federal Reserve create next financial crisis?
Physics often has a funny habit of accurately describing human behaviour. Take Newton’s third law that, for every…
Higher inflation in Australia, everything as expected in New Zealand – Commerzbank
The Australian inflation indicator for April, published this morning, came in at 2.4%, which is slightly higher than…
Longer hours but less productive: Australians need to work ‘smarter’, not harder, report warns
Australia is facing an urgent productivity problem, with a new report showing the country is at a standstill…