What will they do to inflation and growth in Australia? Economists have scrambled to answer those questions, and they say the chances of interest rate cuts have increased in Australia ...

NRMA is calling for petrol prices to tumble within weeks, as traders bet on three cash rate cuts to boost house prices.

Australian retail sales rose modestly for a second straight month in February as a long-awaited cut in interest rates ...

A real boost to award wages is unlikely to drive up inflation, nor adversely impact productivity. But it would provide ...

Australia's central bank on Tuesday left its cash rate steady as widely expected but took a small step towards further easing ...

The move was also in line with expectations from economists, and comes as Australia’s government is in caretaker mode.

Markets were rocked when US President Donald Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs exceeded traders' fears, just two days after ...

Last week’s softer-than-expected monthly inflation gauge from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was matched by the ...

The impact on Australia’s inflation at this stage was “less clear”, she added, but all things being equal tariffs meant higher prices. “The strategy is to bring inflation down and avoid a ...

RBA governor Michele Bullock says Australia potentially faces slower growth and higher inflation thanks to the global trade conflict brought on by the Trump administration. The central bank on ...

Instead, the Australian Restaurant and Cafe Association argues the projected rate of inflation should act as a ceiling on minimum wage rises awarded by the industrial umpire. Neil and Sam Perry at ...