Business owners, be outraged. Next time you go to get credit you could well be told you are too high risk. COLIN BENJAMIN By Colin Benjami…

Business owners, be outraged. Next time you go to get credit you could well be told you are too high risk. COLIN BENJAMIN By Colin Benjami…
A rise on the number of people looking for work has triggered a small rise in Australia’s unemployment rate to 4.1%. Despite an additional…
Slowing economic conditions may be finally feeding into employers’ hiring intentions, with the number of new job ads online and in newspap…
Australia’s home owners are among the most vulnerable in the world to a sudden sharp downturn in the value of their homes, authoritative n…
Where are we on the crazy roller coaster ride? At the bottom, that’s where, and we are so blinded by the volatility that we can’t see th…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided not to lift interest rates at its board meeting today, leaving the official cash rate at 7.25%.In …
That the Reserve Bank devoted five pages of yesterday’s Financial Stability Review to the ABX.HE credit default swap indices was a stateme…
Investors should not interpret softening clearance rates as meaning the market is awash with bargains.A lot of significance is being attache…
Are we heading for a Swan dive with the Australian economy, with his version of the slowdown we have to have (shades of another novice treas…
The National Australia Bank has today lifted its variable mortgage rate by 0.09% to 9.36%, blaming increased borrowing costs it faces on int…
Pubboy entrepreneur Mark Alexander-Erber has slapped “For Sale” signs on two of his NSW homes. And his estranged wife, Jade Alexander-Er…
The SmartCompany Dun & Bradstreet Industry Growth List for the banking and finance sector shows the rampant volatility shaking global credit…