Households and businesses have been deleveraging. Much like the rest of the developed world, declining asset prices and reduced appetite for…
Households and businesses have been deleveraging. Much like the rest of the developed world, declining asset prices and reduced appetite for…
Glenn Stevens is seemingly on a mission to cheer Australians up about the state of the economy – and yesterday’s low inflation figures h…
The end is in sight for Australia’s mining and investment boom, according to Deloitte Access Economics’ June 2012 quarter Business Outlook, …
The People’s Bank of China and the European Central Bank have both lowered interest rates in a move which Australian economists say is inten…
Last week the outlook for Australia’s economy was looking pretty rosy with the announcement of strong gross domestic product figures and l…
Australia’s economy has shocked economists and commentators by expanding at its fastest annual rate in four-and-a-half years, but the growth…
Westpac’s chief economist expects the interest rate set by the Reserve Bank will fall to its lowest level on record by the end of the year, …
The Australian Retailers Association warns the retail growth outlook is likely to slow to zero following a fall of 0.2% in retail turnover i…
The Federal Government’s much lauded $1.5 billion surplus announced in last night’s budget could easily slip back into the red, according to…
The biggest quarterly drop in employment in decades has heightened expectations the Reserve Bank will push rates down rather than up. Un…
The Reserve Bank may have met expectations by keeping rates steady for the ninth straight month, but hopes for a rate cut seem to have been …
The Reserve Bank is tipped to hold rates steady at 4.75% this afternoon for the sixth straight month, with economists firmly of the view tha…
