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Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority chairman Wayne Byres doesn't use the B-word, but says "we are in an ...

Housing market at 'heightened risk', but it's not 'the B-word'

THE ECONOMY
Sarah Danckert
19 mins ago

The Reserve Bank of Australia's first female assistant governor for economics, Luci Ellis, has pointed the finger at ...

Senior Reserve official slams 'dismally male' profession

THE ECONOMY
Jessica Irvine

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Markets Live: Harvey Norman shares slide

Live
Jens Meyer
24 mins ago

Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud.

Recievers launch legal action against Dick Smith directors, ex-CEO

RETAIL
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash.

Fines of up to $4.5m, 10 years jail for corrupt payments to unions

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Anna Patty
23 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison is still talking a big game.

Scott Morrison's Monty Python moment

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is cracking down on unrealistic valuations in financial reports.

ASIC warns on housing bubble, cyber threats

BANKING AND FINANCE
Sarah Danckert

Market Indices

Updated: March 20, 2017 - 4:17PM

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Updated: March 18, 2017 - 8:15AM

Updated: March 18, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7730

Percentage up/down

0.39% rise
Euro

Price

0.7181

Percentage up/down

0.13% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6237

Percentage up/down

0.45% rise

Updated: March 20, 2017 - 4:19PM

ATM withdrawals have fallen to their lowest levels in 15 years

Someone has to give if we're to fix the budget

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Hunter Hall chief investment officer Peter Hall sold a 19.9 per cent stake to Soul Pattinson last week.

Hall might be focused on different wilderness

Colin Kruger, CBD

This clearly isn't a few bad apples but an orchard.

A few bad apples? It's a dodgy adviser orchard

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Australia's grain crop hit an all-time high in 2016-17.

Record wheat output to fuel GDP

Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: Waiting for direction

Sponsored
Gary Burton

The ASX is set for a cautious start.

Doves may cry as nine US Fed members take stage

Timothy Moore

Volatility is extending its retreat after a series of central bank policy decisions passed without incident and the ...

Wall St rally stalls, oil flat

Jeremy Herron, Aline Oyamada and Cecile Gutscher

Kashkari pins dissent on data

Jeanna Smialek

BofA's Banks sees S&P; 500 at 2600

Laura J. Keller

ANZ quits base metals, coal, iron ore trading

Bulls rejoice as miners drive ASX higher

Jens Meyer

Slater & Gordon's has suffered a backlash from shareholders over its pay packages.

Slater and Gordon expected to avoid collapse

Sarah Danckert

Westpac said it was moving rates in response to increasing funding costs and deposits.

Westpac follows NAB in raising home loan rates

UPDATED
Patrick Hatch

This clearly isn't a few bad apples but an orchard.

A few bad apples? It's a dodgy adviser orchard

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Peter Kell, deputy chairman at ASIC, has criticised the banks.

'Wake up call' - report rips into banks on planners

Mario Christodoulou

Gender equality bonds are rare in the responsible investing space globally, but the NAB sale follows similar issues in ...

NAB sells rare $500m gender equality bond

David Provan works from home 50 per cent of the time and spends the other 50 per cent travelling between Sydney and Adelaide.

Energy company offers to make all jobs flexible

Anna Patty

David Herman

A lawyer's love for all creatures great and small

Mark Hawthorne

ACTU secretary Sally McManus has refused to back down on her comments that some laws should be broken.

'Manifestly untrue' - Grocon blasts ACTU boss

Anna Patty

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Game of phones: Telstra's regional roaming rage

Lucy Battersby

Boom time for the box out the back of Bourke

Lucy Battersby

David Herman

A lawyer's love for all creatures great and small

Mark Hawthorne

Ben Harley tried to buy a Weber barbecue online but the website was a scam.

'The last time I buy online': Ben's dream barbecue turns into a nightmare

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Cormack

A recent survey has found Australians have a high tolerance for mobile bill shock.

The phone bill price that shocks Australians the most

Lucy Cormack

The lower the health star rating, the less likely a company will display it.

Food companies criticised over use of health star ratings

Esther Han

Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud.

Recievers launch legal action against Dick Smith directors, ex-CEO

1 hr ago

Tom Cridland, of UK men's clothing range Tom Cridland.

Would you wear this jumper for 30 years? Rag trader says yes

Madeleine Heffernan

Myer chief Richard Umbers said online sales of homewares jumped by 65 per cent in the first half.

Fashion fail won't force 'foolish' discounts says Myer boss

Catie Low

Myer is only 18 months into its revival plan.

The cost of Myer's refusal to play the discounting game

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

H&M reported the first monthly sales drop in almost four years.

Fast fashion fades as H&M;, Zara's profitability falls

Paul Jarvis

Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority chairman Wayne Byres doesn't use the B-word, but says "we are in an ...

Housing market at 'heightened risk', but it's not 'the B-word'

Sarah Danckert
20 mins ago

The Reserve Bank of Australia's first female assistant governor for economics, Luci Ellis, has pointed the finger at ...

'It holds us all back': Senior Reserve official slams 'dismally male' profession

Jessica Irvine

Treasurer Scott Morrison is still talking a big game.

Scott Morrison's Monty Python moment

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Treasurer Scott Morrison will be presented with the damning report in Baden Baden.

Lift GST, says OECD in dismal report card

Peter Martin

Controls over gas exploration may lead to supply shortages.

Blame game over gas supply woes

Brian Robins

Malcolm Turnbull with Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad at Talbingo, NSW.

Energetic political row - but will there be light as well as heat?

Adam Morton

Households risk being left behind by energy market changes.

Households abandoning the grid have 'lost faith'

Brian Robins

Chris Johnson is the chief executive of Urban Taskforce.

Driving housing supply and affordability

Chris Johnson

Macarthur Square has opened its $240 million retail redevelopment in south west Sydney.

Big gun malls in the billion-dollar sales club

Carolyn Cummins

Owners of safe haven properties will see some benefit from the US federal reseve interest rate policy

Fed rate rise boosts Australian property interest

Carolyn Cummins

US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central ...

G20: Fears over free trade as US blocks protectionism ban

Ruth Sherlock in Washington and Neil Connor in Beijing

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Treasurer Scott Morrison in Germany during the G20 meeting in Baden-Baden.

New rifts emerge as Trump administration rejects free trade statement at G-20 meeting

Damian Paletta

Oakhurst Dairy trucks lining up in Portland, in 2006.

A missing Oxford comma could cost company millions

Daniel Victor

VAMFF men's style.

22 of the best-dressed men on the street right now

Men's Style

Small tweaks to favourite exercises can make huge differences.

Is your workout not working? Then you need to try this

Fitness

Savers are bearing the brunt of sharp cuts in deposit interest rates.

Nicole helps… find the best savings rate

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Digital native Elizabeth Barry can't remember the last time she logged on for internet banking.

Smartphones set to dominate digital payments

John Collett

Charles Davidson is evangelical about his business Peninsula Hot Springs.

The $25 million hot water business

Cara Waters

'The best option': Ross Marais with his parents.

Start-ups funded by the bank of mum and dad

Kate Jones

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