Mega-deals may face mega-challenge
Australia's top 100 listed companies now account for 47 per cent of the economy, up from 27 per cent two decades ago.
Peter Martin is the Economics Editor for The Age.
Australia's top 100 listed companies now account for 47 per cent of the economy, up from 27 per cent two decades ago.
What matters for a tolerable retirement (far more than superannuation) is owning the home in which you live.
Lower than expected underlying inflation has two market economists predicting a Melbourne Cup Day rate cut, although neither with much conviction.
Australia's annual inflation rate climbed to 1.3 per cent in September, but the underlying rates, used to guide the Reserve Bank, fell
The Coalition backbencher who chaired the stalled inquiry into home ownership has appealed to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to restart it
There is much, much more to a good life than jobs and growth, and the head of the treasury ought to know it.
Low inflation has 'tilted' our mortgages.
Australia's top financial regulator has dismissed as self-serving arguments by Australia's big four banks that they can't afford to offer so-called "tracker mortgages" that would move in tandem in official interest rates.
So concerned is the head of the Treasury about the cost of housing, he says he is having to help out one of his own children, and that parents like him are endangering their superannuation.
New Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has held out hope of further interest rate cuts, saying he needs to guard against inflation expectations falling too far.
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