Carrington Clarke

Carrington Clarke is a business journalist with the ABC, working across television, radio and online. He previously worked at SKY News as a reporter and presenter. Before making the transition to journalism he worked as an economist. You can follow Carrington on twitter @carringtonAU

• 'Earnings bonanza' predicted as companies tighten the screws

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke

  Posted January 23, 2017 20:21:14

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch is expecting a bumper year for Australian stocks, predicting the ASX 200 will hit 6,100 by the end of the year.

  Topics: coal, markets, housing-industry, australia

• High immigration masks Australian economic decline Analysis

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke

  Posted January 19, 2017 12:35:22 | Updated January 20, 2017 11:06:48

  A huge increase in migration has been driving headline GDP growth, keeping Australia technically out of recession, but it's also masked a dirty secret - individuals haven't felt the benefit of this record run.

  Topics: economic-trends, immigration, housing-industry, housing, australia

• Unemployment rises to 5.8pc despite third month of full-time job gains

  By business reporters Michael Janda and Carrington Clarke

  Posted January 19, 2017 11:41:41 | Updated January 19, 2017 14:17:25

  Unemployment rises to 5.8 per cent, despite the creation of 13,500 jobs last month, due to an increase in people looking for work.

  Topics: economic-trends, unemployment, australia

• Self-managed super funds growing in popularity, but not returns

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke

  Posted December 21, 2016 22:04:20 | Updated December 21, 2016 22:30:21

  The ATO releases the latest data for self-managed superannuation funds and although it is clear they are increasingly popular, it is not clear why, with the funds consistently having underperformed their APRA-regulated counterparts.

  Topics: superannuation, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Trump shows power to move markets with one tweet

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke

  Posted December 13, 2016 20:25:23 | Updated December 13, 2016 22:50:05

  Even before moving into the White House, Donald Trump is showing his power to move markets with the power of a tweet.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, us-elections, defence-and-aerospace-industries, defence-and-national-security, united-states

• Has the era of record low interest rates come to an end?

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke, staff

  Posted December 06, 2016 20:45:37 | Updated December 07, 2016 17:38:51

  With the RBA giving no indication that it has any intention of taking the official cash rate any lower, is the era of record low interest rates finally coming to an end?

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, markets, australia

• Don't be fooled by the headlines, new unemployment numbers expose weak state of jobs market Analysis

  By business reporter Carrington Clarke

  Posted November 17, 2016 13:43:37 | Updated November 17, 2016 13:45:24

  Australians who are underemployed don't count towards the 5.6 per cent unemployment rate, meaning it does not accurately reflect the weak state of the job market.

  Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, australia

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