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Consumer-spending

Shoes out, sheets in: How Australians are purchasing their way through lockdown

The impact of the pandemic is continuing to show up in odd places. This time, consumer spending on sheets over shoes.

R&D tax

The government wants to bring forward income tax cuts, but will that actually stimulate the economy?

With the government eying off an early start to tax cuts, it has to be asked: will they actually do anything to bring the economy out of the gutter?

Coles

As Aldi goes upmarket and Kaufland fades from memory, the cost of groceries is going to increase

Rising grocery prices, combined with a rise in unemployment and a decline in wages, will give Australians a nasty shock.

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Three-day weekends for all: How COVID-19 has accelerated a fall in average hours worked

Hours worked in Australia have been trending downwards some time... and that was before COVID-19 hit. Is a three-day weekend becoming more likely?

Amazon

Amazon is finally making a play in Australia, and local retailers can’t afford to ignore it

It has taken years for Amazon to get a foothold in Australian retail, but as the behemoth starts to stir, local retailers must take notice.

future-of-money-murphy

As cash disappears, will Afterpay and the buy-now-pay-later vanguard fill the gap in the market?

Cash was already teetering on the brink of oblivion. COVID-19 just kicked it over the edge.

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falling oil prices global energy crisis

Why record low oil prices will end up spooking consumers

Don't celebrate falling oil prices just yet — the implications will be enormous for Australia's fragile economy.

interest rates RBA

RBA governor Philip Lowe holds the interest-rate lever — so why is he too scared to pull it?

Presiding over an economy with insipid growth and beset by new risks, the man who holds the interest rate lever is too scared to pull it.

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