David Taylor
David Taylor has been an ABC Reporter since 2011. As a general reporter, and a business and finance specialist, he has filed for a wide variety of programmes including The Business, 7pm, AM, The World Today, and PM. He works across radio, television and online. You can follow David on Twitter: @DavidTaylorABC
Are Australian households on the edge of a debt crisis? Analysis
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Financial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
Warnings of financial 'catastrophe' as debt helpline buckles under weight of calls
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The National Debt Helpline says it is buckling under an unprecedented number of calls from Australians seeking financial counselling.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
Rich getting richer while everybody else is getting poorer: survey
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Nearly half of all Australian households earning less than $40,000 a year said they went backwards financially last year, and only a third of households reported income gains, according to a survey.
Topics: globalisation---economy, unemployment, australia
Australia urged to take the lead on ending death penalty worldwide
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Some of the nation's biggest legal heavy-hitters push the Australian Government to end the death penalty worldwide.
Topics: death, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, human, australia, indonesia
I went to school with a mini 'Donald Trump' Analysis
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How the elevation of Donald Trump, and the early days of his presidency, has the hallmarks of an outrageous primary school election strategy.
Topics: markets, us-elections, world-politics, australia
How Trump has become the single biggest global market influence Analysis
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You can be sure that when vast amounts of money move in a particular direction, somewhere, somehow, a powerful person, or group of powerful people, have made an important decision about something.
Topics: stockmarket, markets, currency, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, futures, trade, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
Why millennials are choosing shares over home ownership
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Australians under 35 are being encouraged to invest in the share market instead of buying a home.
Topics: housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, markets, australia
Energy bills may be set to jump, economist warns
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Energy bills could be about to rise significantly over the next few years, new research shows.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, oil-and-gas, industry, australia
Trump sends Aussie dollar soaring with first press conference
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Last night Donald Trump put a rocket under the Australian dollar as he delivered his first press conference as President-elect of the United States.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, currency, markets, us-elections, australia, united-states
Shark attack response divides NSW North Coast community
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The intense publicity generated by a series of shark attacks on the New South Wales North Coast this season is testing the resilience of communities that rely on tourism to the region.
Topics: shark, human-interest, animal-attacks, ballina-2478, byron-bay-2481, forster-2428, nsw, australia
China-US trade war the single biggest economic threat to Australia Analysis
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There is no bigger economic threat right now than a trade war between Australia's largest and third largest trading partners, and Donald Trump appears ready to pull the trigger.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, international-aid-and-trade, markets, australia, united-states
Wealthiest suburbs among most vulnerable to mortgage stress
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Australia's wealthiest suburbs are among the most vulnerable postcodes in terms of mortgage stress, according to expert analysis showing households in Melbourne's Toorak or Sydney's Bondi are up to five times more likely to default on mortgage payments than the national average.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, banking, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
Trump 'could use Chinese yuan drop to declare trade war'
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A trade war between the United States and China is a very real possibility after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in just over two weeks, a leading independent economist says.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, currency, markets, australia, united-states, china
Morrison's household debt remarks 'inane and stupid'
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Finance experts criticise Treasurer Scott Morrison's comments on large amounts of household debt as "inane and stupid", saying assets are only increasing in value because debt is used to buy them.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, budget, government-and-politics, australia
The recession we're already in Analysis
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If you live in Sydney or Melbourne and look out the window you may not see a recession, but the view is different in many parts of Australia.
Topics: economic-trends, australia
Motorists warned of pre-Christmas petrol price surge
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Already elevated petrol prices are tipped to spike in the week leading up to Christmas after oil-producing countries agreed to production cuts.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia, russian-federation, canada, saudi-arabia
The share market explained ... simply Analysis
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Thought about share investing but not sure where to start? Business reporter David Taylor explains the basics, including the pitfalls and upsides, of jumping into the market.
Topics: stockmarket, consumer-finance, australia
Motorists could face 10c per litre price increase if OPEC deal holds
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Australian motorists are being warned of the possibility of a 10 cents per litre increase in the price of petrol in coming weeks.
Topics: oil-and-gas, world-politics, australia
Sydney property prices show no signs of slowing down
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Booming Sydney property prices are showing no signs of slowing, according to the latest private research.
Topics: housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000, australia, nsw, wa, perth-6000
Child protection system 'might as well be from 30 years ago'
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The residential care model for children unable to be placed in foster homes should be thrown out in favour of a "science-based solution", a paediatrics expert says.
Topics: child-abuse, family-and-children, community-and-society, carers, child-care, australia
The Trump financial revolution and how it might affect you Analysis
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Donald Trump appears to be a game-changer on global financial markets, flipping inflation expectations and sparking a big bond sell-off.
Topics: markets, economic-trends, stockmarket, futures, money-and-monetary-policy, us-elections, united-states, australia
Global markets settle on Clinton win in US election
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Global financial markets hold onto strong gains on the eve of the US election on expectations of a win for Hillary Clinton.
Topics: markets, us-elections, united-states, mexico, australia
Construction boom coming to an end, October data shows
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Australia's multi-year construction boom engineered by the Reserve Bank to stimulate the property market is coming to an end, private sector data shows.
Topics: housing-industry, building-and-construction, australia
Low interest rates creating next generation of rich and poor Analysis
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Having recessionary, historically low interest rates creates distortions in the economy and is creating a big cost for hundreds of thousands of younger Australians.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, australia
Major banks could lift mortgage repayments
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While the Reserve Bank is expected to keep interest rates steady, new regulations are likely to see mortgage rates go up or home loan discounts be cut.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, consumer-finance, australia
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