The housing market matters for the broader economy. The RBA will be watching closely before it makes another interest rate move.
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Here’s why billionaires can face lower tax rates than people whose income primarily comes from wages.
Lower inflation does not mean prices will return to where they were before. Inflation measures the average change in prices over time, not which specific prices are rising or falling.
A royal commission focused on individual criminality may not address the underlying conditions that allowed corruption to flourish.
The Gironde wildfires reveal how logistics are key in firefighting. Emergency operations in the French region are twofold: providing relief and evacuating large populations.
The RBA has warned it’s prepared to raise rates again to tame inflation. But these latest figures give it time to pause until November.
A newly proposed pipeline to B.C.’s coast promises tens of thousands of jobs and billions in GDP growth. But falling Asian oil demand and a track record of cost overruns complicate the picture.
How the political debate has shifted in the last 25 years.
Refunds on US$160 billion of tariffs are slowly flowing back to businesses. But they won’t restore lost customers or lost confidence in trading with the US.
The city is home to the fastest-growing digital economy in Europe.
Young workers, in particular, are affected, losing out on opportunities to advance their careers.
The government believes it can’t allow “the tech bros to let it rip”, as one source puts it. But it can’t allow the country to fall behind the pack either.
We are judging the success of Australia’s housing system using the wrong measures.
There are some promising results for local residents from different states’ approaches.
While we’re feeling gloomier about the future, Australia actually ranks highly on many economic and social measures.
The latest figures show petrol prices are down – but nearly everything else is still rising.
Deed fraud is a persistent problem in the Detroit area. Only a fraction of victims get justice.
While it’s impossible to predict the champion, the 2026 World Cup already has many winners: the qualifying teams, the host countries and FIFA are all reaping record financial and media benefits.
There’s no sign of interest rate cuts on the horizon, with inflation still far too high for comfort.
Australia’s migration debate is typically framed in terms of how much to cut. But there is a smarter way to screen migrants than our current outdated system.
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