It's important to note the unusual ease with which overall real wages have adjusted to first the boom, and then the bust.

'As good as it gets' for miners

It's not time to cut and run, but strategists are becoming more cautious about the tired looking bull market in mining stocks.

Markets: Miners steady ASX ship

Shares claw back some of yesterday's heavy losses after Wall St steadied overnight as miners shrug off another sharp fall in iron ore.

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RBA trapped by housing says PIMCO

Australia's floating rate mortgage market gave the RBA great power when they needed to support the economy, but now it's a problem.