The International Monetary Fund has basically told the Albanese Government that big spending promises ahead of next year’s poll would keep inflation elevated and could even lead to a rate rise.

The response of Iran to Israel’s assassinations over the last several weeks has sent oil prices up and share prices down, This could be bad news for inflation and then interest rates, with oil prices on the rise.

Politicians want to play politics with APRA and even the RBA to make loans cheaper and more available and even two of our big banks are divided on the subject.

We are one of the highest tax countries when it comes to income tax, but to reduce this we’d need to accept a 15% GST, which given our current politicians, looks unsellable.

Title: How do you play stocks with this China bazooka stimulus?

With Energy Australia planning to cut a third off the price it pays for energy delivered from rooftop solar panels, it looks like ‘mum & dad’ Aussies are being taught that market forces can kick you in the pants.

In recent years under the leadership of Chairman Richard Goyder and CEO Alan Joyce, the financial numbers and share price of Qantas looked good but the brand was trashed, so how did that happen?

With Federal Labor under political fire, in four Saturday’s time we will see if voters in Canberra and NSW are becoming anti-Labor.

PM Albanese is caught between a rock and a hard place. He’s under pressure from the Greens to change negative gearing and under pressure from his party not to lose votes. How will he move on this?

The message coming out of the central bank is that just because the latest CPI number is under 3%, don’t expect a rate cut any time soon!