Ten lenders increase mortgage rates
Firstmac, the nation's biggest non-bank lender, and nine smaller lenders are discreetly raising fixed-rate mortgages.
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'Tectonic' bond move to weigh on shares
For years falling bond yields were good news for equity markets but the recent savage selloff means shares will struggle to rise.
Quadrant cruises into $300m tourism play
Quadrant Private Equity has bought three "experiential tourism" companies to create the Experience Australia Group.
'Sucker's rally' ASX set to plunge
The rise in bond yields is setting the expensive ASX up for a plunge, according to Watermark Funds Management.
Australia, China in row over dairy
Australia and China are once again at loggerheads over dairy exports, after Beijing banned a Victorian infant formula maker from selling its products.
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Miners drag ASX to a second day of losses
The sharemarket fell for a second day as some of the heat came out of the big mining stocks.
IMF sees 'more acute risks' in house prices
The IMF has ramped up its property market warnings, saying "more acute risks" may mean APRA needs to crack down again on investor ...
Property 'more complicated' says RBA
Forming a picture of the overall housing market has become harder, the central bank's latest statement shows.
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If Chinese policymakers were to stop intervening in their currency, the renminbi would go down rather than up, economists say.
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