Australian consumers are still finance change skeptics who believe that the demands of those wanting to claw back the stimulus packages are …
Australian consumers are still finance change skeptics who believe that the demands of those wanting to claw back the stimulus packages are …
A new international carry trade has emerged to replace the traditional yen/US dollar carry, which has huge implications for the Australian e…
The Rudd Government has received a ringing endorsement for its stimulus package, with research from the Organisation for Economic Cooperatio…
Small business optimism over the Australia’s economy is at a 10-year high, a new report shows. The latest Sensis Business Index, release…
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…
A new list of 24 property hotspots shows there are still opportunities to pick up undervalued properties, despite the fact median house pric…
The Reserve Bank says economic conditions are improving, but uncertainty about the domestic and international outlook convinced the board to…
A couple of unrelated Lehman anniversary events: – Libor (the London interbank rate) has hit a record low. – The US has imposed a 35% tariff…
Australia’s housing industry is on the verge of recovery, with the Housing Industry Association tipping new home stats will increase by 20% …
A decade ago the Australian economy looked very different than it does now, we were in the midst of the ‘dot.com’ bubble and everyone was …
Each quarter the authors of the consumer sentiment report (Westpac and the Melbourne Institute) ask respondents for their choice of the wise…
Today is not the anniversary of the financial crisis, but of its turning point and the beginnings of the most important economic debate of o…