New data shows how Australia's housing market was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the most significant factor being ...

As the economy looks set to be front and centre in the election campaign, one of the coalition's leading inflation claims has ...

One of Australia’s most valuable social surveys also found a record number of households have been affected by natural ...

The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released the latest figures on retail sales. The value of total retail sales in January 2025, provisionally estimated at $35.3 billion, ...

Information from the Macau Statistics and Census Service indicated that, following the further recovery of the local economy, Macau's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 8.8% YoY in real terms to ...

And there are dangers lurking that could push inflation – and interest rates ... that Australia is not building enough houses to provide enough roofs over our heads, despite government ...

The OECD's measure accounts for the differences in cost of living and inflation to accurately compare someone's purchasing ... to hold on further interest rate cuts so far this year despite ...

As the bank’s deputy governor said holding interest rates steady may have driven inflation too low, data from the Australian Bureau ... Chalmers said since the government had come to office ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia this week trimmed its cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.10 per cent, but cautioned further easing could not be guaranteed given upside risks to inflation. It noted the ...

(Reuters) - Australia ... spur inflation. The owner of Australia's biggest hardware chain, Bunnings, and budget department store chain Kmart also said the country's first interest rate cut in ...

This inflation crisis is in its fifth year with the general price level up 20 per cent, and real wage growth is going nowhere. The economy is not weak. Australia ... rate assumptions used in the ...

However, as the Reserve Bank of Australia ... reckons the government has achieved the quadrella: taming inflation, increasing wages, producing a surplus and finally bringing down rates.