They haven’t been implemented yet, but just the threat of Donald Trump’s US tariffs is damaging some of Australia’s biggest businesses.
Cameron Micallef
The Treasurer shared the biggest to Australia’s economy, amid a toughening global trade war ignited by Donald Trump, and a slowing Chinese market.
Jessica Wang
Where the WA Treasurer would once have opened her phone to look at the Italian soccer results, she now looks to see what Donald Trump is up to as she prepares to hand down her second Budget.
Joe Spagnolo
The two major parties have been accused of forgetting about nearly a third of all Australians in the build up to the federal election.
US employers have added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market shows resilience.
Lucia Mutikani
The ASX 200 has capped off an $85bn week on the back of renewed hopes tariffs could be walked back.
Retail sales have posted a modest lift for a third straight month in March, boosted by food-related spending in supermarkets and grocery stores.
Cheyanne Enciso
A surge in technology and real estate stocks helped drive the ASX 200 higher, despite fears of a slowing US and Chinese economy.
The Coalition intends to shave $40 billion off Australia’s long term debt if it wins the election on Saturday, announcing $14b in savings over the next four years.
Jackson Hewett
With just two sleeps to go until the federal election, the Coalition has finally released its costings, drawing fire from Jim Chalmers.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Struggling mortgage holders will get a rate cut in May, but are now tipped to get less over the rest of 2025, an industry expert warns.
Anthony Albanese has been unable to rule out increasing taxes after the election, with the Opposition seizing on the admission before Saturday’s election.
US President Donald Trump has addressed the latest figures which show GDP has shrunk for the first time in three years as chaos and confusion of tariffs continue.
Max Corstorphan
US economy contracted in first quarter of 2025, the first drop in three years.
A jump in the banking and consumer discretionary stocks helped push the ASX into the green on Wednesday as investors factored in a rate cut in May.
Headline inflation has finally fallen into the Reserve Bank’s target range for a rate cut, despite new data showing that the cost-of-living crisis is set to continue into the next decade.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is tipped to cut interest rates when it meets in May following the latest inflation print.
Cameron Micallef and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
‘Good, but not great’: Core inflation has edged back into the Reserve Bank’s target band and economists say an interest rate cut remains likely.
Matt Mckenzie
Supermarket giant Coles reveals the items Australians are cutting back on due to cost-of-living pressures.
Mortgage-holders are poised to bank an interest rate cut within weeks despite the latest inflation reading coming in slightly higher than expected.
Adrian Black
Labor wants to win a majority government, but new data shows it already represents half of Australia’s least affordable areas to live in.
Blair Jackson and Jessica Wang
Soaring energy, utilities and information technology stocks drove the ASX200 higher on an overall positive day for the market.
Gen Z and Millennial voters are now the largest voting block in Australia and a new poll has delivered a clear warning to the major parties about what they want.
Duncan Evans
A flood of superannuation cash into global markets has meant Australia’s reliance on foreign investment has fallen to levels not seen in 40 years.
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