First home buyer numbers don't add up
The ABS and NAB have different ideas about how many first home buyers there actually are.
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Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Credit card point chasers more hopeless than previously thought
If the latest American Express PR campaign is anything to go by, more than a quarter of reward-points-chasing credit card users are even more hopeless with their money than previously thought.
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The 'rate cut now!' chorus just lost its rhythm section and horns
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