Australian companies are paying more of their profits out as dividends, and if it continues it will hurt our economy.
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Australia’s relative share of global economic opportunity derived from smarter use of materials, energy and water could be $26 billion each year by 2025. Here are four ways Australia could make the most of the circular economy boom.
Despite the divestment movement gaining ground, the share prices of our major coal miners suggest there’s still strong investor support.
Treasurer Joe Hockey doesn’t believe Sydney housing is unaffordable. The data suggests otherwise.
Business confidence might be up after the budget, but there are more reliable measures of what’s really driving the economy.
Following in the footpath of China, India is seeking new state to state tie-ups. Australia should answer the call.
When it comes to climate change and Australia’s economic future, different crystal balls can produce vastly different results.
A budget speech that fails to discuss basic measures of how the economy going is revealing in itself. Joe Hockey is the first treasurer since at least 1981 not to mention GDP.
A neutral fiscal policy stance should be the general rule for Australia. It is unwise to attempt to use the federal budget to manage economic growth.
The impact of 2015 budget measures delivered by the government pale into insignificance when compared with the external factors hurting the budget bottom line.
Mining, along with agriculture, will continue to be key parts of the Australian economy – but new growth is expected in the services sector.
Now is not the time for complacency. Australia must be on the front foot if it wants to make the most of what economists are calling the “new normal.”
The mining boom is over and the industry is employing fewer workers – but the outlook for mining in Australia seems generally good.
Most of the new credit released after China’s central bank cut the required reserve ratio will be used to fund new investment in infrastructure and construction – and that’s good news for Australia.
Uncertainty about economic growth is driving record low long-term government bond yields, but there’s more to the story.
A line-up of former prime ministers stake their rival claims to making Australia great, in a new series by journalist George Megalogenis.
It would seem odd that the guesses of a random collection of people inform economic policy. But there’s more to consumer sentiment than that.
Experts question where the jobs for older Australians will come from.
You know Australia’s in trouble when the Reserve Bank cuts interest rates. Last week, the central bank did precisely that, in belated recognition of the income recession that has struck. Gross domestic…
Much of the current political turmoil in Australia can be traced to Bill Clinton’s famous aphorism: “it’s the economy stupid” – in particular, the plunge in world commodity prices over the past few years…
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