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Consumer confidence has surged for the fourth consecutive month to reach its highest level since October 2010.
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The Australian Dollar looks set to extend its push to fresh yearly highs in the coming week, buoyed by robust economic data and a return to normalcy.
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What most crystal ball gazers don’t recognise is that the property market is all about finance, not economics.
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More Australians could go into "negative equity", where the value of their property falls below the outstanding balance on their mortgage, according to the RBA.…
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Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg say it will be a “jobs budget” with the aim of driving the recovery out of the first recession since the 1990s.
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Two major bank bosses have differing views on the outlook for the economy but agree on property's prospects.
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Not everyone wants the workplace to return to exactly where it was before the pandemic took hold.
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More Victorians are expected to be on JobKeeper wage subsidies by year’s end than the rest of the country combined.
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If large numbers of homeowners are unable to keep up on loan repayments, they could be forced to sell.
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The RBA issued a bunch of forecast downgrades and released a new COVID downside scenario that shows a grim possible future.
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