A rare rebuke by global ratings agency S&P has overshadowed Labor’s attempts to paint itself the more responsible economic manager, as election sweeteners threaten Australia’s top AAA credit rating.
Jackson Hewett and Nicola Smith
The ASX200 continued to trade higher on Monday on the back of renewed hope of a tariff back down.
Cameron Micallef
Australia’s AAA credit rating could be at risk amid a bipartisan post-pandemic splurge, with analysts S&P global warning government spending has hit the highest level since World War 2.
Matt Mckenzie
As election day nears, here is what each of the major parties are offering when it comes to getting a roof over your head.
Blair Jackson
Households will get a rate cut in May regardless of April’s inflation reading, one major bank’s chief economist has boldly declared.
WA has cemented its spot at the top of the latest CommSec State of the States rankings, but another state's climb comes as more of a surprise.
Jacob Shteyman and Daniel Newell
An interest rate cut has seen a surprising Aussie state surge up the national rankings, new figures show.
A leading economist predicts struggling Aussie mortgage holders will get much-needed rate relief next month, as the RBA turns its focus to this new threat.
There’s one word that helps explain wage growth, the housing shortage, and even the iron laws of global trade that US President Donald Trump has struggled to overcome.
WA would get a better deal by delaying the $7 billion-plus Westport project for another decade, as scrutiny over the State Government’s infrastructure spending widens.
One of Australia’s leading healthcare companies has locked in an exemption from Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Major banks are locking in expectations of an interest rate cut in May just as new Reserve Bank research shows the impact of relief would extend far beyond mortgages.
A major bank has announced the new lowest fixed interest rate, but it still seems unlikely Aussies will lock in their mortgage.
Salvation from a higher power would be the only this to ‘save’ Australia should Labor and the Greens control parliament after the election, the Leader of the Nationals says.
Australians might be priced out of the housing market, but they don’t want to see using superannuation as a solution, new research shows.
The nation is missing out on billions of dollars in productivity gains for one key reason.
Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor have bickered over the cost of Coalition election policies, in a debate before a business audience.
A dark cloud looms over the Australian economy, with the latest global forecasts predicting higher inflation and slower growth.
Australia is not following the "bouncing ball" of Donald Trump's daily shifts, the treasurer says, amid predictions of a bigger-than-expected economic hit.
Jacob Shteyman
Australia will have close to the highest inflation among developed nations next year even as the global economy teeters on the brink through a trade storm and surging public debt, the IMF predicts.
Australian households have picked up the bill for the country as mining companies pay less, a breakdown of the nation’s tax revenue reveals.
Mortgage holders are tipped to get much needed rate relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets again in May.
Australia’s major parties have been accused of ditching rational economic policies in favour of a “spendathon” to win votes ahead of the May 3 election.
Donald Trump has broken the economics of the entire world and Margot Robbie has nothing to do with it.
Ben Harvey
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