Interest rates are on the way down, whether they are cut today (as most economists expect) or in the coming months. The question is: Will an…
Interest rates are on the way down, whether they are cut today (as most economists expect) or in the coming months. The question is: Will an…
Economists say unemployment will continue to rise this year as businesses add to the job cuts yesterday by Westpac and Holden, with many sug…
The credit card industry and consumer advocates have welcomed a new proposal by the Reserve Bank to cap business’ ability to apply surcharge…
The European Summit continues to meet today to find new ways to kick the financial can down the road as part of the extend and pretend (EPP)…
More pressure is being placed on the banking industry as it refuses to pass on Tuesday’s interest rate cut, although experts are warning S…
I am torn over yesterday’s rate cut. On the one hand, it’s a great little boost for SMEs going into the New Year, particularly for thos…
So David Bassanese from the AFR reminded me that he called the RBA’s rate cut yesterday. I don’t think anyone else in media land really pi…
One of the more contentious issues in Australian economics concerns the unemployment rate. Many people simply don’t believe that the unemplo…
The fact that the big German and French banks are hiding massive losses on their sovereign debt gambles, and have lost much more than their …
Construction activity increased over 12% during the third quarter, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics….
Last night’s fall in global share and commodity markets plus the slump in the Australian dollar will affect not just Australian superannuati…
While it is not currently part of the RBA’s game plan, there are some economists out there pushing hard for a December rate cut. They includ…
