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How tweaking interest rates can transform the economy
The Reserve Bank may have kept interest rates on ice this month, but low rates are already rippling throughout the economy in several important ways.
The Reserve Bank may have kept interest rates on ice this month, but low rates are already rippling throughout the economy in several important ways.
Household goods retailers Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and Adairs are set to gain from rising house prices, near-record housing approvals, and falling savings rates.
China's producer prices unexpectedly rose in September for the first time in nearly five years, while consumer inflation quickened to 1.9 per cent from a year earlier, also beating market expectations.
The risks of oversupply the Brisbane and Melbourne apartment markets are "coming to the fore", the Reserve Bank warns.
​China's September exports fell 10 per cent from a year earlier, far worse than expected, while imports unexpectedly shrank 1.9 per cent after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world's second-largest economy may be short-lived.
Sydney's housing boom is coming to an end as restrictions on loans to property investors and a raft of new developments depress prices, insurance giant QBE says.
Consumer sentiment rose for a third month in October as Australians are more optimistic about the economy and their own finances for the year ahead.
Six months ago the business-backed Committee for the Economic Development of Australia presented the Turnbull government with what it said was a clear and practical plan to return the budget to surplus. There were 5 of them in fact, including different mixes of proposals such as better taxing superannuation contributions, halving the tax discount for capital gains, ending negative gearing, boosting taxes on luxury cars, alcohol and tobacco, and taxing the private health insurance rebate.
The world has changed to the point where low rather than high inflation is the primary concern and the US Fed risks "particularly high social costs" if it underestimates the new reality and raises rates too far and too fast.
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's most senior advisor has lashed out at Australian managers, saying they are failing to pursue opportunities and holding back national income.
Australia's economy is in "bust" territory for just the second time in two decades, but that doesn't necessarily point to a hard landing, according to Citi.
Sight and hearing disorders are only a problem when the Treasurer is only hearing the parts of the RBA's advice that appeal to his ideological bent.
Treasurer Scott Morrison said debate on Australia's housing market is prone to exaggeration - even as Sydney property prices rise anew - and indicated he doesn't see much appetite at the central bank for further cuts in the nation's already record-low interest rates.
There is truth to the big four bank's claim that they face higher funding costs, but, as always, there's a catch.
Some buyers are snapping up homes they've never seen, worried it might be their last chance.
Charlie has been leaping around since last Saturday shouting "a champion team will always beat a team of champions".
The International Monetary Fund recommends that governments phase out tax incentives, such as negative gearing, that encourage borrowing.
The International Monetary Fund has singled out Australia as one of few countries where debt is increasing and bucking the global trend.
Among the top reasons managers hesitate to give feedback to their employees, according to a study conducted by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, is fear the employee may have an "emotional breakdown".
Foreign Investment Review Board chairman Brian Wilson has bowed to public pressure and suspended his involvement as an advisor to private equity investment house The Carlyle Group.Â
The Reserve Bank keeps rates on hold at the first meeting chaired by new governor Philip Lowe, while remaining fairly relaxed about the housing market.
Factory activity has rebounded from its lowest level in more than a year on the back of a recovery in food and beverage manufacturing.
Home prices rose overall in September as record-low mortgage rates kept demand strong in Melbourne and Sydney, though the performance of other cities was a lot more patchy.
We'd be better governed if more of the people in ministers' offices came from the Treasury department.
But there could be a cut for Christmas.
When land costs more than finished homes, you're in dangerous territory, says Deutsche Bank's chief China economist. He reckons the bubble will burst in 2018.
Did you know that classical Athens didn't have an economy? If you find that hard to believe, you should - because it's not possible.
This is the story about the cannibals' cooking pot and the east coast housing market. Seriously. Well, sort of.
Job vacancies in Australia rebounded by 4.5 per cent in the three months to August to hit the highest since mid-2012, a promising sign for a pick up in labour demand.
Sydney is facing a 'housing bubble' after a surge in prices in the past five years, according to a UBS Group report.
Loyalty can make leave you short-changed. Literally. This is how.
Keeping pay an in-house secret is damaging organisation performance, argue researchers.
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