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
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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
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| UpdatedA 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
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| UpdatedUnemployment 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
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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedEven 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
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| UpdatedWith 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
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| UpdatedAustralians 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