In the perfect world we would know exactly how many jobs are created every month and how many people were looking for work. And while techno…
In the perfect world we would know exactly how many jobs are created every month and how many people were looking for work. And while techno…
A number of independent hardware retailers are urging the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to block Woolworths’ move into the …
Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has said before a Senate inquiry into the Rudd Government’s stimulus package that he remains cautious about the…
Following Kevin and Wayne’s achievement of a seat on the G20 lifeboat for the GFC, it is not surprising to find that there are different per…
The picture that comes to mind reading the Fed statement this morning is of Superman holding up the meteor that would have squashed America …
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has declared that the world’s largest economy is probably out of recession, but has wa…
Federal environment minister Peter Garrett has authorised the multi-billion dollar Gorgon LNG project, which will create 6,000 jobs at its p…
US President Barack Obama is reportedly preparing to appoint Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve for a second term, in an event …
Concerns are growing about some big profit falls in the mining industry. Giant BHP Billiton is reportedly preparing to announce a 35% declin…
We’ve been talking about the “green shoots” of recovery for some time now, but it seems that even central bankers are getting more optimisti…
To sum up: the Fed and the RBA have both declared victory over inflation, but not unemployment. Actually, they haven’t been fighting inf…
Historically low interest rates may encourage Australians to take on too much debt and suffer when inflationary pressures rise, Reserve Bank…
