Aussies forgoing lifestyle for homes in record numbers

30 September

Australians are willing to cut back their spending in record numbers to afford a property, affirming the ongoing value of home ownership, new data shows.More than 75 per cent of residents were willing to cut their spending back to afford a home, a...[Read More]

Soft landing botched: IMF backs more rate rises

23 September

A global financial body has given the Reserve Bank the green light to hike interest rates and urged Treasurer Jim Chalmers to be bolder on tax reform.With a break-out in price growth hitting Australians’ living standards, returning inflation to...[Read More]

Australians are ‘furious’ about inflation: RBA deputy

9 September

Australians are “furious” about inflation and it will take the nation years to fully get on top on higher post-pandemic living costs, the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor says.Ahead of the central bank’s meeting later this month on interest...[Read More]

AI boom, productivity malaise making RBA’s job harder

19 August

The surge in artificial intelligence investment and Australia’s sluggish productivity growth rate are forcing the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates higher, a top central bank official says.Speaking two days after the RBA kept the cash rate...[Read More]