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The 2026 global economy: nervously muddling through
The world economy enters 2026 in a nervous state. Volatility and cautious consumers are the norm, even though growth has proven surprisingly resilient.
Virus stimulus won’t block recession, economists say
The package launched on Thursday morning, alongside the $2 billion drought and bushfire relief from earlier this year is worth around 1 per cent...
Complaints about home loans up by 20 per cent
The data revealed that between July and December last year, the financial services ombudsman received 2,201 complaints about home loans, that’s...
Retail sales hurt by bushfire crisis, but no sign of coronavirus yet
Retail turnover slipped by a worse-than-expected 0.3 per cent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Statistics reported. Read more at...
Treasurer praises ‘resilient’ national economy
A stronger than expected bushfire-impacted December quarter has surprised some, with the economy growing by 0.5 of a percentage point seasonally...
Government pushed to consider fiscal response
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) became the first central bank to cut official interest rates in response to the developing...
Reserve Bank slashes rates to help fight coronavirus outbreak
The RBA has lowered the cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.50 per cent in a bid to help the economy fight off the impacts of the coronavirus. “The...
RBA predicted to cut rates to curb coronavirus hit
Australia is sighted to be one of the countries most affected by the economic fallout of the coronavirus, the OECD said on Monday evening in a...
Pre-insolvency advisers lands in prison for money laundering
An ASIC investigation found that in October 2014, Stephen O’Neill and John Narramore of SME’s R Us advised Richard Ludwig, a former director of...
Environmental concerns get top billing in Infrastructure Australia priority list for first time
In its latest list, to be released on Wednesday, Infrastructure Australia said it was elevating environmental concerns because climate change was...
Major banks have to face climate stress tests, regulator says
Banks will have to undertake stress tests to measure their resilience to a broad range of scenarios, including "climate change financial risks,"...




















