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CBA economist Michael Blythe says Australia is seeing "the longest period of sub‑target inflation since the late 1990s".

Reflation a long way off in Australia

Consumer prices are likely to have edged higher last quarter driven by petrol, but core inflation will still linger at worryingly low levels.

 Wall Street has  been smashing all-time highs in recent weeks.

Brambles leads ASX slump

Brambles led the ASX's decline to a one-month low on the first trading day following Donald Trump's inauguration.

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Markets Live: Trump slump on day one

Sell the fact? The ASX slides to a one-month low on the first trading day following Donald Trump's inauguration, led by a steep plunge in Brambles.

AFIC managing director Ross Barker is not anticipating dividend cuts from the banks.

Bank shareholders will still win this year

One of Australia's largest bank investors believes the big four can maintain their dividends this year, despite the challenges of lacklustre credit growth and stiff competition..

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Australia set to join global reflation

With inflation increasing in Europe, the UK, US and China, we address whether Australia will join this growing list and what could it mean for the RBA. (This video was produced in commercial partnership between Fairfax Media and IG Markets)

The euphoric "Trump trade", which saw equity markets rally to record highs, has given way to unease.

Investors brace for Trump reality check

Sharp losses in financial markets on Monday reveal just how tense traders are as they await clarity on President Trump's impending economic and trade policies.

Investors were spooked by Brambles' warning.

Brambles shares tumble after profit warning

Shares in Brambles sunk this morning after the supply chain logistics group said it will not meet its full-year profit guidance due to revenue and cost pressures in North America.

The IMF's Christine Lagarde raised globalisation concerns in her speech.

'Wildly unpredictable' Trump has business elite worried

If there is one word that encapsulated the mood at Davos this year, it is uncertainty. At one event, when asked to describe how his fellow executives were feeling, a glum senior City figure simply replied "despondent". According to Meg Whitman, boss of Hewlett Packard, there had never been anything like the current climate before. "The chickens have come home to roost," she said. Another talked about "a shock to the system".

President-elect Donald Trump underwhelmed markets with his speech.

8@eight: Dawn of a new era

The weekend news flow has centred on Donald Trump's inauguration, Sean Spicer's rather angry press conference and the administration's strategy of withdrawing from TPP.

President Donald Trump speaks at The Salute To Our Armed Services Inaugural Ball in Washington.

Trump puts Wall Street wheelers and dealers in charge

​In announcing the appointment of Carl Icahn as his new adviser on regulatory reform, President-elect Donald Trump characterised the Wall Street legend as "one of the world's great businessmen." By Trump standards, it was a minor mischaracterisation, one that confused the Main Street world of business, where value-adding goods and services are created and sold, with the trading, dealmaking world of finance on Wall Street.

Vegemite has been snapped up as part of a $460m deal.

The other side of the Vegemite deal

I have to admit I smiled, knowing that Vegemite is planned to return to Australian hands. It is a national icon, after all. Is there really a more Australian product than Vegemite? Sure, we have our beer brands, and beer might be typically Australia, but it's not uniquely so.

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