The Reserve Bank has delivered its highly anticipated February cash rate decision.
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A property and legal tech firm has said that incoming AML/CTF laws could help curb housing price growth by stemming the flow of illicit money in the property sector.
The gender pay gap in Australia is costing the economy an estimated $1.26 billion a week in lost earnings, according to a new KPMG report.
Stubbornly high December quarter inflation has shifted the dial towards a rate hike at the RBA’s February monetary policy meeting next week, economists have warned.
As Australia’s productivity growth continues to lag and analysts worry about the economy’s ‘speed limit’, Deloitte has urged the government to commit to major reform – and fast.
RBA governor Michele Bullock has stood in solidarity with Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell after the US DOJ launched an unprecedented investigation against him.
US President Donald Trump has launched an “unprecedented” investigation into US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, compounding uncertainty for Australian investors in the US market.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to talk up Australia’s critical mineral reserve as a geopolitical bargaining chip in a meeting with G7 counterparts this week in the US.
RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser has reiterated the central bank’s expectation that there will be no further rate cuts in the near term as inflation remains above-target.
Inflation eased slightly in November 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Here, a chief financial officer shares the five trends she predicts will transform the experience of workers in the coming year.