Earlier today in estimates hearings, Greens Treasury spokesman Nick McKim asked Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy about climate change and insurance premiums. Senator McKim wanted to know...
So, what was all that about? A fortnight ago, fear that global finance was on the eve of destruction caused a wave of panic as traders...
Japan’s share market is crashing, badly. It’s down 20% since the start of July. Japan has been a super cheap place to borrow money – with...
Australian stocks have closed down 3.7 per cent today, wiping more than $100 billion from the stock market. That’s the biggest fall since the pandemic lockdown...
Good morning and welcome to another week on the ABC markets and finance blog. Stephen Letts from ABC business team limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage...
How’s your coffee going? Globally most of the attention this morning is on the US where their markets are awaiting personal consumption expenditure (PCE) data, which...
Investment firm Goldman Sachs has revised its outlook for Australian economic growth. When I say “revised”, it’s rejigged the numbers to what economists like to call...
Here’s a post from my colleague David Taylor: The end of the cost-of-living crisis is now in sight, according to Treasury’s latest inflation forecasts. “So those...