The unemployment rate rose during December to 5.4% according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, but don�…
The unemployment rate rose during December to 5.4% according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, but don�…
There was another disappointingly small rise in consumer sentiment in January as still cautious consumers shifting their preferences from bu…
Speculation has been rising in the housing industry since the RBA made its last 0.25-percentage-point cut to the cash rate, bringing the off…
ANZ is forecasting the Reserve Bank to cut the cash rate by a further 100 basis points over the course of 2013 to a rate of just 2%. This…
The latest move to cut rates by the Reserve Bank may not have had an impact on consumer confidence, with Westpac’s latest survey falling 4.1…
Three of the four major banks have now confirmed their decisions to pass on last week’s RBA interest rate cut will extend to business produc…
We now enter the peak of the retail season and the wind down for many small and medium enterprises. We have to thank Glenn for giving…
Businesses will end the year on a reasonably positive note, according to Dun & Bradstreet’s latest National Business Expectations Surv…
This week represents the last chance this year for Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens to give us all a break. Retailers and real estate age…
For some time we have argued that the housing market was largely balanced, rather than under-supplied as many economists agreed. Our key poi…
After deciding to keep interest rates on hold earlier this month, RBA governor Glenn Stevens made a point of saying that his board was looki…
The Reserve Bank has revised its June 2013 GDP forecast, now expecting the economy to slow due to falling commodity prices and a slowdown in…
