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Why I love a Big Australia, and you should too

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The Aussie dollar is holding on to a US78c-handle.

Markets Live: Aussie on a rampage

Live
Jens Meyer
57 mins ago

The high level of housing debt means interest rate hikes are a "potent weapon," Deloitte Access Economics says.

RBA afraid of blowing up 'housing powder keg'

PROPERTY
Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

The company admitted on Friday that an employee had "inappropriately copied and removed some customer information" at ...

Nearly 20,000 Australians caught up in Bupa data breach

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
1 hr ago

Australian children's academic performance is deteriorating, but some teachers refuse to acknowledge there's a problem.

Teaching too important to leave to teachers

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Donald Trump has by no means been the economic disaster that many feared.

How 'MAGAnomics' can deliver for the US

COMMENT

Loans to first-home buyers edged up 0.2 per cent in May, to 14 per cent of all loans.

House price growth to slow further but not crash: UBS

PROPERTY
Clancy Yeates

Market Indices

Updated: July 17, 2017 - 1:09PM

Updated: July 17, 2017 - 12:54PM

Updated: July 15, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: July 15, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7811

Percentage up/down

-0.24% fall
Euro

Price

0.6816

Percentage up/down

-0.13% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5964

Percentage up/down

-0.22% fall

Updated: July 17, 2017 - 12:59PM

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Bolton's Molopo cash box raid will prove costly

Colin Kruger, CBD

Australian children's academic performance is deteriorating, but some teachers refuse to acknowledge there's a problem.

Teaching too important to leave to teachers

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft

Memo to govt: make ASIC a tough cop on the beat

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Stocks are opening ...

8@eight: ASX set to open higher, $A firing

Sponsored
Chris Weston

BIS said the financial system was about to be tested as the US Federal Reserve stepped up the pace of monetary tightening.

Low inflation challenges Fed rate hike path

Timothy Moore

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said last month that the country could reach this year's economic growth targets.

Traders expecting resilient Chinese GDP

Jessica Sier

The currency rose 1.1 per cent to US78.13¢, reaching as high as US78.29¢ earlier in the session. It's now 8.4 per cent ...

Aussie dollar surges to two-year high

Timothy Moore

The signs stocks could be heading for a fresh crash

Tara Cunningham

S&P; 500 hits record as inflation view turns iffy

Techs power S&P; 500 to record

Lu Wang and Stephen Sweeney

US oil ends week 5.2pc higher

Jessica Summers

Major bank share prices have fallen since the bank tax was announced, but it has not affected wholesale funding costs.

Banks warned tax would lift costs, but did it?

Clancy Yeates

The view in markets is capital requirements are going up, but banks can get there without "big bang" capital raisings.

Banks brace for 'unquestionably strong' rules

Clancy Yeates

If you have a $500,000 mortgage, and you can get a 0.5 per cent reduction in your interest rate, that'll save you ...

The easiest $50,000 you're missing out on

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

"The USA has to start to focus on policy which is good for all Americans and that is regulation, tax, education, we have ...

'It's almost embarrassing being an American': JPMorgan's Dimon

Renae Merle

Banks will be forced to defer at least 40 per cent of senior executives' bonuses for four years.

Bonus crackdown could lift base banker pay

Clancy Yeates

Apprentice spray painter Salvatore Acconcio (left) faces the threat of deportation because of changes to a government ...

Spray painters face deportation but panel beaters get to stay

Anna Patty

Knight Frank Australia chief executive officer Stephen Ellis.

Real estate high-flyers face bullying claim

Sarah Danckert

Goldman Sachs has relaxed its dress code for computer engineers in a bid to attract tech talent.

Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for millennial tech talent

On this week's episode of "It All Adds Up" we hear from unemployed 17 year old Bianca Barnard who is looking for work. ...

The charts to show your boss to get a pay rise

IN DEPTH
Jessica Irvine

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Lendlease's London Elephant leads the way

Latika Bourke

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Indy cinemas join together to challenge Hollywood

Lucy Battersby

The company admitted on Friday that an employee had "inappropriately copied and removed some customer information" at ...

Nearly 20,000 Australians caught up in Bupa data breach

Tony Yoo
1 hr ago

Happier times: Peter Low, second from right, two weeks before his death, at his daughter's wedding with his son Rien, ...

'Mum had no idea': Jenny trapped with $1m in loans

Lucy Cormack

Woolworths Group chief executive Brad Banducc with the company's new range of reusable plastic bags.

First Woolworths, then Coles announces the end of plastic bags

Lucy Cormack, Pallavi Singhal

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 02: Shoppers are seen at the front of David Jones Bourke Street mall Mens store during their ...

Crunch time: DJs looks to food future after sales dip

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

Falling consumer confidence resulted in lower footfall, the company said.

DJs blames weak consumer confidence for sales fall

Sign of the times ... the only evidence remaining of the Topshop concession at Myer Melbourne.

Topshop 'disappears' from Myer stores

Melissa Singer

It's easy to spend a tax return and not even notice it, just like you feel hungry after eating white bread.

Coles deepens price war after slicing bread prices

Mathew Dunckley

Adairs shares soared almost 30 per cent after the homewares retailer said same-store sales returned to growth in the ...

Adairs beds down issues and sends shares soaring

Donald Trump has by no means been the economic disaster that many feared.

How 'MAGAnomics' can deliver for the US

COMMENT
Liam Halligan

Janet Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday that inflation risks were "two-sided".

US rates conundrum: Fed models say go but data say no

Craig Torres

illustration: Joe Benke.

Why I love a Big Australia, and you should too

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

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A return to world trade's glory days appears unlikely

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Brent for September settlement climbed 49 cents to end the session at $US48.91 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures ...

US oil ends week 5.2pc higher

Jessica Summers

"Gold is vastly under-invested by most investors, so it's got a lot of growth ahead of it," Sprott CEO Peter Grosskopf.

Sprott sees gold bull market

Kristine Owram

Reinforcement-bar futures retreated 2.9 per cent to 3551 yuan a tonne on the Shanghai Futures Exchange. The drop took ...

China's steel prices drop

Bloomberg News

The boutique equine-themed M Gallery by Sofitel 4.5-star hotel at William Inglis' new Riverside Stables.

William Inglis & Son to build $140 million complex

Carolyn Cummins

Tower Melbourne's apartment owners have been asked to re-sign their purchase contracts, which have now blown out to 2021.

Hundreds of buyers in limbo as skyscraper fight gets ugly

Simon Johanson

McDonalds at Cremorne is on a busy Sydney road.

Maccas turning its back on shopping centres

Simon Johanson, Madeleine Heffernan

"The USA has to start to focus on policy which is good for all Americans and that is regulation, tax, education, we have ...

'It's almost embarrassing being an American': JPMorgan's Dimon

Renae Merle

Google has been facing a steady stream of legal challenges across Europe, with many of the disputes focusing on the ...

Google avoids $1.7b bill for back taxes in France

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in London this week where he urged a return to the sensible centre.

The UK and Australia: what happens next?

James Massola

Stop ordering UberEats or whipping up ready-made meals and learn to feed yourself and others properly.

The one trick to lose weight, save money, and be a better man

Life on Mars

Coat, denim and a decent sweater are your three anchors for a stylish weekend.

The trick to packing the perfect bag for a winter weekend getaway

Men's Style

Vivienne Pearson and her two children, with the trampoline that cost them more than $4000, including accessories and ...

'Worth every cent: I spent $4000 on a backyard trampoline'

Vivienne Pearson

Ten-year investment returns will look better as the GFC recedes from view.

Beware of bragging money managers

Scott Phillips

Katie Pratt and Amy Li are the owners of Elliatt. The fashion label launched in China 18 months ago.

Elliatt doesn't have a single store in Australia but is opening 15 in China

Cara Waters

Success story: Jaddan Comerford created Unified from his parents' suburban home.

Punk rocker sells clarinet and creates multimillion dollar music business

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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