Finance

The Australian economy is tepid, with consumer spending the weakest it's been in 10 years and business investment shrinking.

We’ve become used to each new generation of Australians enjoying a better standard of living than the one that came before it. Until now.

Most business owners are worried about the economy over the next 12 months amid global trade tensions and talk of a possible recession in the US.

The ACTU’s 'living wage' increase will almost certainly result in cost of living increases, a widespread loss of jobs and small business collapses.

IBISWorld has released its annual top 1000 companies list, revealing five new entrants, as well as weakness among a small number of firms.

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe, who is respected as a pretty cluey guy, has said we won’t fall into recession any time soon. And he is right.

Low inflation has prompted a reset of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate stance. Will we see a rate cut in 2019?

The best way to understand what’s happening on Wall Street — and puncture its mystique — is to imagine it as a used-car dealership.

Following an 'app' boom, investment banks are bringing forward IPOs as they foresee volatile market conditions arriving later in the year.

IBISWorld has released its annual list of industries set to fly and fall, and while ridesharing and organic farming are in, toy retailing is out.

Legislators in the US are considering whether to ban cashless businesses, while closer to home, Aussies are transitioning to a cashless economy.

RBA governor Phillip Lowe says Australia has reached a turning point on digital payments, but there are some very big issues that need to be dealt with.