Cautious investors pushed the Australian sharemarket higher on Thursday on the prospect of a new Trump trade deal with the UK.
Duncan Evans
One of Australia’s biggest banks has delivered record revenues as its outgoing CEO praises ‘remarkably resilient’ Aussie households.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says officials are not in a hurry to adjust interest rates, adding tariffs could lead to higher inflation and unemployment.
Jonnelle Marte
The Chinese Government has moved to shore up the world’s second biggest economy as it readies for crucial trade talks with the US later this week.
Matt Mckenzie
While some Australians are keenly awaiting the Reserve Bank's next interest rate cut, many Aussies are still doing it tough as living costs continue to bite.
Adrian Black
NAB predicts struggling mortgage holders will get some much-needed relief on the back of an outsized rate cut in May.
Cameron Micallef
Wesfarmers chief Rob Scott will be sticking with the mantra of ‘everyday low prices’ as the Perth conglomerate behind Kmart, Target and Priceline observes low-income families are doing it tough.
Simone Grogan
Australia’s household spending has snapped a five-month winning streak as the impact of cyclone Alfred on the east coast disrupts the cash splash, giving the Reserve Bank another reason to cut rates in May.
Cheyanne Enciso
Two top Australian CEOs are calling on the newly elected Albanese Government not to let the Lucky Country get complacent, and use its huge mandate to do more for the economy beyond stimulus and handouts.
Business group have called on the re-elected Federal Labor Government to arrest Australia’s falling productivity and cut the regulation slowing investment.
Neale Prior
They haven’t been implemented yet, but just the threat of Donald Trump’s US tariffs is damaging some of Australia’s biggest businesses.
The Treasurer shared the biggest to Australia’s economy, amid a toughening global trade war ignited by Donald Trump, and a slowing Chinese market.
Jessica Wang
Where the WA Treasurer would once have opened her phone to look at the Italian soccer results, she now looks to see what Donald Trump is up to as she prepares to hand down her second Budget.
Joe Spagnolo
The two major parties have been accused of forgetting about nearly a third of all Australians in the build up to the federal election.
US employers have added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market shows resilience.
Lucia Mutikani
The ASX 200 has capped off an $85bn week on the back of renewed hopes tariffs could be walked back.
Retail sales have posted a modest lift for a third straight month in March, boosted by food-related spending in supermarkets and grocery stores.
A surge in technology and real estate stocks helped drive the ASX 200 higher, despite fears of a slowing US and Chinese economy.
The Coalition intends to shave $40 billion off Australia’s long term debt if it wins the election on Saturday, announcing $14b in savings over the next four years.
Jackson Hewett
With just two sleeps to go until the federal election, the Coalition has finally released its costings, drawing fire from Jim Chalmers.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Struggling mortgage holders will get a rate cut in May, but are now tipped to get less over the rest of 2025, an industry expert warns.
Anthony Albanese has been unable to rule out increasing taxes after the election, with the Opposition seizing on the admission before Saturday’s election.
US President Donald Trump has addressed the latest figures which show GDP has shrunk for the first time in three years as chaos and confusion of tariffs continue.
Max Corstorphan
US economy contracted in first quarter of 2025, the first drop in three years.
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