Dr Jim has to be hoping that RBA Governor Michele Bullock gets her interest rate calls right. If she doesn’t, the voters of Australia won’t care who raised rates, they’ll blame Albo, Dr Jim and the Labor Party.

Black Friday sales start today. Ordinarily I’d be rooting for retailers but this year I’m hoping for an underwhelming Black Friday, and here’s why.

It looks like some bosses have grown tired of the work-from-home trend that exploded out of the pandemic and its related lockdowns.

Either be afraid and stop spending or the Reserve Bank’s Michele Bullock will make you afraid. And if you don’t get scared ASAP, your house or job could be threatened.

House price experts are at it again, tipping another slump property prices. They could be right, they could be wrong, or they could be crazy.

While I expect ups and downs (experience has taught me that), it will be on a rising trend. And that’s what a market ‘guru’ like me would love for Christmas and beyond!

While I like to see myself as a cheerleader for business, I’m hoping we see disappointing sales next Friday and here’s why…

The annual growth in wages was 4%. What impact will this have on future inflation readings, what the Reserve Bank decides to do with interest rates and a possible recession?

Will Optus defections be big and if so, will they have an impact on Telstra’s share price?

The PM is telling big borrowing state governments to stump up more money to get infrastructure funding from taxpayers. Is this too little too late for bringing down inflation and helping those with home loan repayment stress?

A possible supply side problem for one of our biggest port operators has a cyber threat that has clogged its container business, with piles of products going nowhere. If it goes on too long, look out inflation and interest rates!

Like clockwork, the big four banks have raised rates by the full 0.25%, improving their already bulging bottom lines. But they’re slow to raise rates on term deposits and other saving products.