Data showing how households are managing the fallout from shaky global conditions caused by conflict in the Middle East is set to be closely scrutinised.
Tess Ikonomou
The central bank’s chief economist, Sarah Hunter, has explained why she’s worried about the spending habits of Australians.
Stephen Johnson
Short-term business confidence in WA has recorded its biggest plunge since the onset of COVID-19, dropping to some of the worst levels seen during the pandemic.
Cheyanne Enciso
A generational rethink of zoning rules to unlock more homes has been proposed by the Productivity Commission in a move that would dramatically reshape Perth.
Matt Mckenzie
Eye-popping prices in Perth Airport are just one example of a broader principle in economics.
Australia’s low-income workers remain the world’s best paid according to an international study which shows life is still pretty good in the Lucky Country.
WA has bucked a broader national trend to splash cash during massive EOFY discounts despite the cost crunch, according to new figures that suggested shoppers were prepared to spend with the right bargain.
Smaller companies now offer excellent value versus the big banks according to some of Australia’s leading market experts.
Tom Richardson
Analysis by CSIRO has played down the impact of net zero on power prices as a build out of batteries helped shield electricity bills from the Iran War.
Brief hopes that the Middle East war had been paused helped spark a rebound in confidence for Australian businesses and consumers.
Ryan Johnson & Matt Mckenzie
Queensland and WA have been hit hardest by housing shortages since 2021 in new research that also reinforces warnings the national property market is headed for a slowdown.
The Albanese government has been dealt a fresh economic blow as a major global body downgrades its forecast for growth in the Australian economy.
Cameron Micallef
The University of Melbourne’s chief inflation forecaster is predicting another rate rise by the end of the year.
Australian shares have closed the financial year just 2.8 per cent higher after a battering from Donald Trump’s war and the Reserve Bank’s three interest rate hikes.
Australia’s economy is tipped to suffer the worst slowdown since 2020, when GDP plunged by 1.1 per cent over a year that included COVID lockdowns that sparked the first recession in 29 years.
Australia should learn from the giant LNG boom of the 2000s as the country readies for a deluge of investment into data centres, HSBC chief economist Paul Boxham says.
The Australian central bank’s assistant governor Chris Kent says the institution will be better prepared to respond to the next crisis it faces following a review of alternative monetary policy tools.
Reserve Bank deputy boss Andrew Hauser is confident three consecutive interest rate hikes this year won’t lead to surging unemployment while warning inflation ‘remains far too high’.
A Perth think tank has urged governments to save cash from WA’s resources bonanza for future decades through a sovereign wealth fund — and avoid taking direct ownership of projects.
Fears of an electricity shortage in WA have been pushed back two years to 2029-30 but there’s still plenty of work needed to hit the State Government’s green energy goals.
Population growth in WA remains the fastest in the nation with an increase of 2.2 per cent through 2025.
Rita Saffioti says the private sector is driving WA’s economy. Sandra Brewer says government spending is holding back business. Who’s right? The debate in three charts.
Premier Roger Cook has knocked back concerns the State Government’s infrastructure binge is forcing the private sector to lift wages in competition for workers.
Westpac’s view about the Reserve Bank’s future rate trajectory is the opposite of economists at HSBC and ANZ, who on Friday tipped the institution’s next move to be cuts.
