Given that tomorrow the Reserve Bank will make its interest rate decision, let me start this week with four facts about what is happening in…
Given that tomorrow the Reserve Bank will make its interest rate decision, let me start this week with four facts about what is happening in…
Take a step back and you suddenly realise that the Australian banking sector is being transformed as dramatically as any industry in the cou…
Over the week CommSec released its latest ‘State of the States’ economic ranking – an assessment of the economic performance of the states…
One development that may have missed your attention over the Christmas/New Year period was a new trade agreement involving Australia. But th…
People in other parts of the globe will be glad to see the back of 2009 – particularly those in the US, UK and Europe. But here in Austral…
During the week, results of the latest motor vehicle census were released. But somewhat surprisingly, especially given then that cars are th…
In the perfect world we would know exactly how many jobs are created every month and how many people were looking for work. And while techno…
Tomorrow’s Melbourne Cup Day deliberations by the Reserve Bank board present issues far more complex than most commentators are canvassing. …
The Federal Treasurer is right: there has been a broad-based easing of inflationary pressures. The latest inflation figures (blink and you w…
It would be a far less complicated world if there was just one measure of inflation. But unfortunately there isn’t. While the general public…
The financial markets are abuzz with outrage over the apparent tipping off by the Reserve Bank of two journalists that rates were going to b…
The rise in job advertisements announced this morning will add to the speculation that the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates as early a…
