Posts tagged "inflation"

You might not know it from reading Tuesday’s statement announcing Australia’s eighth consecutive increase in interest rates, but our Reserve Bank might finally have done enough.

Wages are up and profits are down as the unemployment rate hovers at record lows and businesses scour the country, desperate for available workers.

The challenges of the past few years are yet to disappear for small businesses, says Amanda Rose. So what can they do to tread water in 2023?

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe also says inflation will hover above 3% in two years.

A gloomy economic outlook and worsening consumer sentiment have not dampened optimism at payments unicorn Zeller, which claims a significant uptick in big business users is propelling its revenue growth.

Australia's unemployment rate is heading lower. Yet while typically good news, it's a sign inflation is still struggling to be tamed.

If you’re taking two weeks to get back to respondents on a position, as we commonly see in retail, the chances are the candidate has already been snapped up. 

Australian consumer confidence has fallen to levels not seen since the dawn of COVID-19 lockdowns and the depths of Global Financial Crisis despair, Westpac says.

With the cost of seemingly everything rising, why are house prices falling? And who will be hit hardest?

Here’s how you can adjust your marketing strategies to maintain customers and tap into the current budget-conscious consumer market. 

One favourite has already come good on Melbourne Cup day after the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash rate target 25 basis points to 2.85%.

Speaking to SmartCompany, Collins says Labor's budget is more focused on long-term sustainability than directly alleviating today's sharp cost pressures.