The notes or minutes taken at the Reserve Bank board meeting that shocked the nations’ economists and millions of Australians with a home loan indicate that the country’s interest rate deciders might not cut in August! Ultimately, the decision to cut will depend on the run of economic data, especially what’s revealed on July 30.

If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down.

As we watch Trump try to kick Fed Chair Jerome Powell out of a job, it's important to remember who central banks like the Fed and even the RBA are actually for.

It's a huge week for earnings with around 3000 companies in the US and a handful of Australian companies set to report. Here's what to watch out for.

Albo costs the public purse $7m, but it’s chump change in Trumpland where the two-time Commander-in-Chief is netting billions on Bitcoin.

In this episode of Switzer Investing TV, Peter Switzer teams up with Paul Rickard to unveil a “Scaredy Cat Portfolio”. Then, Mark Carnegie joins to explain why he’s more into Ethereum than Bitcoin.

When the results firmed up a few hours after polling closed on Saturday, many Tasmanians would have been wondering, “what was the point of all that?”.

Parliament is back in session. What will Albo do with that enormous majority of his? And why is he faced with the same old problems?

We didn’t get a rate cut on July 8 because the quarterly inflation figure was too high and the lower monthly figure wasn’t trusted. Confusing? Absolutely. Now, $156.7 million will be spent to get better statistics.

Markets may be riding high, but Peter Switzer and Paul Rickard are still finding opportunities — and risks — worth talking about. In this week’s Boom Doom Zoom, the pair tackled big-picture concerns like looming rate cuts from the RBA, Trump’s return to tariff talk, and how investors should position their portfolios. They also fielded viewer questions on a range of ASX stocks, including CSL, BHP, Xero, Telstra, Amcor, Dicker Data, Audinate, WiseTech, TPG, and DroneShield — offering candid takes on what to buy, hold or avoid in this increasingly unpredictable market.

Armed with obscure legal jargon and fringe interpretations of the law, “sovereign citizens” are continuing to test the limits of the Australian justice system’s patience and power.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will roll out a large-scale census test next month. It comes at a time when the idea of a census around the world is at risk.