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Economics

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Investors headed into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again.

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
With both headline and underlying inflation slowing in growth, Treasurer Jim Chalmers feels confident the numbers will be sustained, but experts are split.

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
While CPI remained in the central bank's target range, trimmed mean inflation was still above the central bank's target range.

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The latest national account figures indicate that Australia's productivity growth remains in the doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority.

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Household wealth rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 2.4% in September, thanks to property prices and soaring super balances.

Chalmers defends budget deficits in MYEFO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
The government's mid-year economic fiscal outlook has revealed Australians are looking at more than a decade of deficits.

Productivity Commission tasked with five new inquiries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
The Albanese Government has tasked the Productivity Commission with five new inquiries to boost productivity.

Unemployment drops below 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
The unemployment rate has fallen below 4%, according to the newest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
After a year of defiantly leaving interest rates on hold, the RBA has given the first glimmer of hope a rate cut may come in the first half of 2025.

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
The supply-side productivity-enhancing reforms of the Hawke/Keating Labor government, continued by Howard/Costello, have since stalled, leading to a decline in productivity - a key catalyst in the deterioration of living standards, according to AMP chief ...