RBA casts doubt over unemployment rate
The Reserve Bank has made almost no changes to its forecasts as it made the case for an eventual increase in interest rates, should its predicted scenario eventuate.
Argentina peso crashes 7.8pc as inflation tops 25pc
Argentina's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate 3 percentage points to 33.25 per cent, but that didn't stop the peso from tumbling to a record low.
Robert Doyle given ultimatum to answer to allegations
Melbourne Health has reversed its earlier position that it could not do more given former lord mayor's ill health.
Top 47pc tax rate is high enough: Eslake
Saul Eslake, a firm supporter of Labor's promised crackdown on tax avoidance, is "just as implacably" opposed to an even higher top marginal tax rate for those earning more than $180,000.
'The Fed is finally falling behind the curve'
Predicting three more rate hikes this year and up to four next year, Macquarie chief economist Ric Deverell says the Fed is moving too slowly.
Look longer term for budget accuracy
Our obsession with four-year forward estimates gives governments every incentive to bury the true costs of policies - and both sides of politics are serial offenders.
CBA cuts $A forecasts
CBA has cut its Australian dollar forecast for 2018 and 2019 to account for a slowing global economy, the pricing out of an Australian interest rate hike and a firmer US dollar.
US and China are finally having this rivalry out
Economics is not a war. No one has to lose in trade. But it depends on everybody playing by the same rules.
Fed ready for inflation overshoot
The US Federal Reserve signalled it would tolerate inflation slightly over shooting its 2pc target without raising interest rates too aggressively.
Fed holds, keeps door open to June hike
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and expressed confidence that a recent rise in inflation to near the US central bank's 2 per ...
US lifts debt sales as deficit widens
The US Treasury Department will boost the amount of long-term debt it sells to $US73 billion this quarter.
