The Reserve Bank of Australia has said in its quarterly statement that while the floods and Cyclone Yasi in Queensland may cause inflationar…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has said in its quarterly statement that while the floods and Cyclone Yasi in Queensland may cause inflationar…
There was never any serious expectation that the Reserve Bank would lift official interest rates yesterday. In announcing the decision to le…
With the first Reserve Bank Board meeting for 2011 scheduled for Tuesday, it’s opportune to do a stock take of our current economic fortunes…
What a difference a year makes for the Australian housing market. Twelve months ago, Australia’s housing sector was steaming along,…
This is a message for Glenn Stevens, Reserve Bank of Australia, 65 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW. Interest rates did not cause the recent cat…
As we head into the recovery and adjust to the possibility of a levy to pay for the flood infrastructure restoration work so that Julia and …
Humans like to think that they control most things. Then along comes a natural disaster like a flood and it reinforces the fact that there a…
How are Australia’s states and territories performing? We find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; eq…
This will be the year for smart companies to put out their welcome mat to venture capitalists, lending officers and family friends who want …
Probably the biggest property myth of 2010 was the claim that Australia was in a “property bubble” that was about to burst. It…
After what most commentators have described as a weak Christmas trading period, entrepreneurs have returned to work in 2011 to a run of worr…
One thing we can never escape here in Australia is natural disasters. Whether it is drought, floods, bushfires, cyclones or hailstorms, natu…
