Advertised salaries are outpacing inflation as government considers cost of living relief
Advertised salaries for prospective employees have grown above inflation, despite a sluggish end to the year and cost of living pressures.
Could Australia adopt India’s strategy to stop supermarket price gouging?
Will setting a maximum retail price for products help avoid supermarket price gouging in Australia? A look at India seems to suggest so.
Inflation is back at record highs. Here’s where prices are rising, and where some are dropping
Even as the full effects of 2022's rate rises are yet to be felt, it looks like we're heading towards even more in 2023.
Four ways small and medium businesses can weather the cost of living storm
Australia is in the grips of the fastest increase to inflation rates in a generation. Weather conditions, supply chain disruptions, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and international pressures are raising the cost of groceries, fuel and accommodation, while wages remain stubbornly stagnant.
What retailers need to know about inflation: Part 1
With money supply ballooning, energy prices surging and increases in the consumer price index, inflation is beginning to bite.
A 27% sushi premium: Will ‘lunchflation’ keep workers out of Aussie CBDs?
As the price of sushi and sangas soar, cost-of-living pressures raise new questions around whether workers will be likely to return to Aussie CBDs.
Why the RBA will wait before raising interest rates, even as breakfast surges in price
The RBA sees inflation as an imported phenomenon and is waiting for wages to rise before it lifts rates ... but when will that happen?
