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The latest Westpac–Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index rose 2.2% to 92.1 in May, while the ANZ -Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index was up 0.8 points to 88.3 the same month. The NAB Business ...

Defensive stocks have outperformed the rest of the Australian market by 10 per cent since the Reserve Bank’s first rate cut ...

Michele Bullock led the Reserve Bank to another rate cut this week, balancing a more complex environment than her critics ...

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Judo Bank Chief Economist Warren Hogan discusses the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.85 per cent. “The RBA has had a big shift this week – they’ve had really ...

In a week where the Coalition's collapse and Donald Trump dominated headlines, RBA governor Michele Bullock's strongest warning yet on the global economy went under the radar.

As a result of the microeconomic reforms of the 1980s, public sector spending fell to 21 per cent of GDP in the late 1990s.

With the RBA announcing a 25-basis point rate cut, the nation’s economic future just got a little brighter. Homeowners are ...

Australian savers have been dealt a huge blow, with a second major bank confirming they are slashing interest rates.

The nation’s fifth biggest home lender, Macquarie Bank, has thrown down the gauntlet to its bigger rivals, warning homeowners ...