This incredible economy just keeps on throwing up surprises. This morning it’s unemployment, which fell from 5.7% to 5.5%, despite predictio…
This incredible economy just keeps on throwing up surprises. This morning it’s unemployment, which fell from 5.7% to 5.5%, despite predictio…
Smart companies that are cutting back on their Christmas parties, substituting an offer of continued employment for the annual bonus and fin…
Economists are tipping up to five interest rate rises in 2010 as Westpac has been heavily criticised by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan after i…
As the racing season comes to a Shocking conclusion, the asylum seekers find tough new barrier placings from Malcolm Turnbull, the RBA puts …
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise the official interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.5%. Governor Glenn Stevens said i…
The strong Australian dollar is a disaster for Australian manufacturing, and persistent credit restrictions are likely to depress engineerin…
The strong Australian dollar is a disaster for Australian manufacturing, and persistent credit restrictions are likely to depress engineerin…
As Glenn Stevens moves to repeat the pattern of interest rate rises that gave Swan his mantra about serial increases in Howard’s era, we are…
The surprising part about yesterday’s rate rise wasn’t so much the fact that the official interest rate was increased by 25 basis points to …
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has declared that the world’s largest economy is probably out of recession, but has wa…
A sharp rise in bank funding costs could force up variable mortgage rates in the next few months, before the Reserve Bank decides to start l…
Business confidence has hit its highest point since October 2003, according to NAB’s August survey of business confidence and conditions. …
