If you wanted to get a good textbook example of a ‘fear-driven’ event, it is the so-called Japanese nuclear crisis. It started with one of t…
If you wanted to get a good textbook example of a ‘fear-driven’ event, it is the so-called Japanese nuclear crisis. It started with one of t…
Economists have described the Reserve Bank of Australia as being “comfortable” with its current interest rates setting, suggesting rates cou…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the official interest rate steady at 4.75% this month, with the floods in Queensland softe…
This is supposed to be the season to be jolly but, for retailers, it appears this Christmas is anything but a cheerful and optimistic one. …
The Reserve Bank of Australia is monitoring the ongoing debt problems in Europe, with any escalation in activity there likely to affect inte…
One of the biggest furphies in 2009 was the claim that Australia had a ‘bubble’ in the housing market. It didn’t and still doesn’t but to so…
Economists of all descriptions rely on models to predict where the economy is going. Unfortunately most are based on past relationships and …
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept the official interest rate on hold this afternoon at 4.75%, with governor Glenn Stevens saying mortgage l…
I wouldn’t be a member of the RBA board for anything right now. Each month (except January, when you get a month off) the board members…
Viewers of the Channel Nine renovation series, The Block, recently got a first-hand experience of just how treacherous Sydney’s property mar…
A series of big pay rises won by unions could put pressure on wages across the economy and force the RBA to increase interest rates if it fe…
Businesses must clearly display details of credit card surcharges or risk losing customers and even possible legal action, consumer group Ch…
