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Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... "Today's figures will come as no surprise to many Australians who are already battling through recession-like conditions. Household consumption has fallen in the past three months despite still strong population growth, real retail spending has gone ...

More to do in the fight against inflation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... about it," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "We're already rolling out tax cuts for every taxpayer, energy rebates for every household and a million small businesses, and a wage rise for minimum wage earners and more help is on the way from this month." ...

South Africa readies 'two pot' pension system

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
On September 1, South Africa's new pensions system will be introduced, allowing individuals to access some of their retirement savings in times of need. Earlier this year, the government of South Africa passed the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill of ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... CEDA found that Australia is over-reliant on a narrowing and inefficient tax base. In addition, the-housing-price-to-household-income ratio has doubled since the 1990s and is currently around 5.5, and tenure security for renters is equal-lowest among ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... be on the horizon, with many believing the US central bank will need to cut rates. In Australia, the monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HIS) Index, Commonwealth Bank (CBA) revealed household spending in July was flat (unchanged at 148.2) ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... the Consumer Price Index's 1%. "This is the first time since December 2010 that increases in living costs for all household types were higher than the increase in the CPI," Marquardt said. Insurance and financial services, such as mortgage interest ...

Pandemic-era savings to dry up: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... "Australian households are generally net savers, as evidenced by a positive savings rate on average over time. As such, total household savings are almost always on an upward trend," CBA head of Australian economics Gareth Aird said. However, Aird said ...

No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Living costs have risen for all Australian household types in the June quarter, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said increases in living costs in the June quarter ranged ...