Interest Rates

Many Australians are struggling to pay for everyday essentials, but some of us are feeling the pinch more than others

Australia’s high interest rates and low GDP growth are pushing our Economic Misery Index higher, but hopefully not for long

Low interest rates and COVID-19 mean governments, not central banks, now control the world’s key economic levers

Despite rising numbers of new home loans amid the COVID-19 economic recovery, the outlook for housing affordability remains bleak and more of us will be renting long term

The COVID-19 hit to the economy is accelerating some trends that were already underway in Australia’s different property markets

After 25 years recession free - could our complacency about Australia’s euphoric house market be coming to an end?

Professor Ross Garnaut warns an over-optimistic budget update is obscuring the need to take action to boost the economy

A new set of sale and rental figures shows trends down to the street and house