Unemployment has officially risen, meaning the Reserve Bank should cut interest rates. But the jobs market is actually still performing well.
It’s a great time to have a lower dollar. But we wouldn't want it to stay too low for too long.
Wages growth has ground to a halt in Australia, reflecting the wilful refusal of key players to take wage stagnation seriously.
Wage Price Index data for the March quarter show wages going nowhere except in health and education — a reflection of the government's policy of wage stagnation.
The government's last-minute mortgage insurance scheme is yet another counterproductive housing policy set up to fail.
The Reserve Bank has significantly lowered its forecasts for economic growth — and wage stagnation is to blame.
Despite the government's focus on tax, Labor's fiscal policy is the more boringly conservative and risk-averse approach of the major parties, and is all the better for it.
The Reserve Bank declined to cut rates yesterday but flagged that unless unemployment falls, monetary policy will ease.
The RBA has been watching Trump’s trade war threats for some time. Will his recent comments affect today's decision?
Scott Morrison could learn a lot from a few parents looking for babysitters in America, and not just because his frontbenchers have a habit of spitting the dummy.
