Markets
Hamas action has economic implications on inflation and rates
Just when oil prices were heading in the right direction to help beat inflation, along comes this terrible terrorist action...
Articles by Peter Switzer
Markets
Are builders in trouble a scary glimpse of our future?
Are retailers, hospitality, tourist businesses and all those selling consumer discretionary goods and services experiencing the same issues about costs,...
Markets
Brace yourself for a frugal Christmas
Retailers bracing for a tight Christmas could mean rate rises are starting to work and no more rises are needed.
Markets
White collar worker undersupply bad for interest rate worriers
The biggest challenge to find workers is in the white-collar sector, where 50% of professions suffer a gross undersupply. This...
Markets
When will the RBA stop scaring us with the threat of more rate rises?
1.57 million Australians are at risk of mortgage stress and the number of borrowers in the “extreme risk” category is...
Markets
Is this new super tax a sign of things to come?
Is this new tax change set to be Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first step in his goal to preserve savings in...
Markets
At last China’s playing fair on trade
It’s good to see China taking down its trade barriers against Australia, given how important the country is to our...
Markets
The RBA’s not dumb enough to raise rates on that inflation number
Just when rate worriers were thinking the RBA was over with rate rises, along comes August’s inflation rise that has...
Markets
Hunt for more Qantas scalps goes to Senate today
There’s a lynch mob out there looking for necks to stretch and their target is the masterminds behind the huge...
Politics
Albo’s Working Future policy helps welfare recipients but scares business
This proposed Working Future policy has rattled business and underlines Labor’s goal to make big unforgettable social and economic changes,...