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After years of coasting along on the back of outrageous fortune, Reserve Bank princeling Philip Lowe, as another famous plutocrat once observed, may just be for…
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Perth’s five-year real estate downturn means properties across the city, including in some of WA’s most sought-after suburbs, are now within reach for people ho…
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Australian new home sales stablised in the first quarter of the year, a welcome development after a fairly rocky period in 2018.
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The number of medical and legal professionals and business owners rushing to buy premises has soared in anticipation a future federal Labor government will axe …
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Australia's dollar is set to rally as easing US-China trade tensions bolster risk assets, according to the currency's top forecaster.
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Australian property prices fell faster in the past year than at any time since the global financial crisis, fuelling speculation of a pre-election interest rate…
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A report on the state of rental pricing in Australia has revealed how dramatically few properties are affordable to low income workers.
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With some really odd Australians seemingly praying for a house price Armageddon, some experts are pondering whether a bottom is starting to show up in the prope…
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Financial markets are now pricing in a better than 60% chance of an official interest rate cut to 1.25% when the RBA board meets on 7 May.
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The Reserve Bank is under more pressure to cut interest rates after inflation fell further below its target band.
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There appears to be frustration mounting within the RBA, if nothing else due to its increasing number of critics calling for a rate cut to kick the economy up a…
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