It's too soon for rate hikes: RBA governor
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RBA boss Philip Lowe has shrugged off this week's global financial market turmoil but says it's still too soon to begin hiking official interest rates.
RBA boss Philip Lowe has shrugged off this week's global financial market turmoil but says it's still too soon to begin hiking official interest rates.
The lines between what is private and what is public are blurring in all sorts of ways. Barnaby Joyce has just found that out. He shouldn't be surprised.
The first market lesson in managing turmoil came from the Millenials' market darling: cryptocurrencies.
Just as equities settled down, China's currency dropped the most since 2015 on Thursday and the Reserve Bank remained optimistic despite volatility being finally unleashed.
Australian shares closed higher as investors focused on earnings from some of the country's biggest companies.
Tony Harrington came to Minters to drive growth. Four years on, he will not renew his term. What does it mean?
UBS is seeking buyers for a $550m Tabcorp stake on Thursday afternoon, fund managers sources told Street Talk.
AGL Energy is feeling the effects of increased market churn, with higher costs and expenditure at its retail business, while it has written off one of its "new energy" investments.
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison refuses to concede defeat in the takeover battle for AWE, and vows to push into new commodities
Queensland wants to snap up contractors who have missed out on big infrastructure projects in Sydney and Melbourne.
Orica chief Alberto Calderon says it would be "wonderful" if Adani's Carmichael coal project went ahead amid a dearth of private investment in the Australian economy.
Aged care provider Estia is facing the threat of a class action over its FY 2016 results and FY 2017 guidance.
Bonds are simply pricing out post-global financial crisis worries about deflation. The result for shares will be volatility, not disaster.
Richard Koo, the chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute, argues central banks are not equipped for this world and fiscal policy needs to take over.
As the shockwaves ripple out from this week's ructions, another truism of recent years — that investors should "buy the dip" — faces scrutiny.
New Zealand's central bank held interest rates at a record low and projected they would stay there until mid-2019 as inflation remains subdued amid slower economic growth.
George Brandis salutes the spirit of liberalism as Barnaby Joyce shrinks into his shell.
The first market lesson in managing turmoil came from the Millenials' market darling: cryptocurrencies.
The lines between what is private and what is public are blurring in all sorts of ways. Barnaby Joyce has just found that out. He shouldn't be surprised.
Solly Lew's move to spill the entire board of battling department store group Myer is as much a message to major shareholder Anton Tagliaferro as it is to the company.
Incoming Tasmanian senator Steve Martin has dramatically split with his former running mate Jacqui Lambie.
MP Cathy McGowan said Canberra had fallen behind business and community expectations, and should consider a ban on sex between MPs and staffers.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia dismissed an appeal against the approval of a uranium mine in central WA, but conservationists have vowed to continue the fight.
Far North Queensland banana growers are reeling from confirmation of a new outbreak of the devastating Panama TR4 disease.
Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse have called on religious institutions and charities to join Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's planned national apology.
Rescuers in Taiwan searched badly damaged buildings on Thursday, looking for scores of people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the island's east coast.
Julie Bishop says the world shouldn't be naive about North Korea's attempt to use the Winter Olympics for a diplomatic thaw but any opening towards peace is welcome.
Tesla said it was sticking with chief executive Elon Musk's revised production targets for its Model 3 electric sedan, but posted its worst-ever quarterly loss.
Steve Wynn's resignation as head of his gaming empire may alleviate some concerns over the future of Wynn Macau's license.
US Vice-President vowed tough new sanctions against North Korea, two days before he is due to attend the Winter Olympics in the South.
Goldman Sachs is bolstering its consumer banking operations, including looking at doing deals with Apple.
Big banks that who fail to report more detailed customer credit history into the credit bureaus by September will be hit with penalties of $2.1 million per breach.
Mortgage brokers smashed the bank "dictatorship" on home loans in the 1990s and the industry continues to serve the nation well, the industry claims.
High-profile investor Mark Carnegie won't be investing in clean energy but believes that gas will be the crucial link between coal and renewables.
The Domain CEO represents the first Australian corporate casualty of the worldwide movement against inappropriate workplace behaviour triggered by Harvey Weinstein.
Domain Holdings received a formal complaint about the behaviour and "inappropriate conduct" of former chief Antony Catalano as far back as 2016.
CEOs and boards are starting to understand the massive risks and opportunities they face as the world shifts to a low-carbon economy.
Paul Howes is speaking out about his own mental health in a bid to help normalise the problem.
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