Unemployment rate hits 4.5pc, the highest level in post-COVID era
Australia’s unemployment rate keeps slowly drifting higher. Data show the national unemployment rate rose to 4.5 per cent…
What Does Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) Signal on Loans?
Highlights Commonwealth Bank shares eased alongside its major banking peers after mortgage application volumes declined sharply following recent…
Australia’s big banks are falling together — is the housing slowdown becoming an earnings problem?
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ASX 200 LIVE updates: Australian employment drops in July, jobless rate rises; Australian dollar, bond yields fall after jobs data disappoints
The sharemarket edged higher at midday amid a flurry of full-year earnings results and relief in the bond…
Skellerup posts strong 2026 result, overcoming tariffs and sourcing challenges
Skellerup reported a net profit of $67.7m when including the post-tax non-recurring gain of $3.5m. Normalised net profit…
US national debt passes record $40 trillion | Business and Economy News
Total debt for the United States has passed $40 trillion for the first time, raising concerns that the…
Critics of Labor’s tax changes claim rents could climb by up to 30%. Here’s why they probably won’t | Renting
Headlines claim rents in Australia will surge thanks to Labor’s property tax reforms. Is there any proof? Critics…
Infrastructure: New Zealand needs a national economic ambition to end policy drift – Nick Leggett
These aren’t questions that belong exclusively to governments or business leaders. They are questions for the country, for…
New Zealand’s next growth sectors won’t emerge by accident – Ali Adams
This funding sits alongside $30m in the Regional Infrastructure Fund for projects that will help grow the hydrogen…
Four straight monthly gains can’t hide how far Canada’s housing market has to go
That arithmetic alone captures the market’s predicament. New listings fell a further 1.6% in July from June, reducing…
Money and ‘a lot of noise’: how the US’ critical-minerals industry is vying with China’s
Patriot Critical Minerals of the US plans to dig into a long-abandoned mining site in the sparsely populated…
Brighter economic outlook despite rising unemployment and election uncertainty
New Zealand’s economic outlook is looking brighter, despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rising unemployment and…