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Economics

Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
Research from the Grattan Institute found that limiting negative gearing and reducing the capital gains tax discount could be worth $7 billion per year.

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Household wealth in Australia rose for the seventh consecutive quarter in June.

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has claimed the ABS was wrong in saying inflation is only cooling in the short-term due to government rebates.

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia left rates on hold yesterday, but will today's cooling inflation figures do anything to move the needle on a rate cut?

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
Australians are enduring the longest stretch of economic hardship since 2011, according to analysis by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The US Federal Reserve delivered a major 0.5% interest rate cut, but experts are saying Australia is still far behind.

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The Federal Reserve elected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points overnight, its first reduction in four years.

Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
The US Federal Reserve is widely tipped to fire the starting gun on its first rate cutting cycle in years; here's what top economists see unfolding.

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.

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Despite the market pricing in interest rate cuts this year, RBA governor Michele Bullock has made it clear the central bank is not on that same path.