Below is CBA economist Lucinda Jerogin’s round-up of this week’s economic data: Key points: Australian consumer sentiment fell 4.7% in October to be among the weakest level since survey records began ...

For decades, the 60/40 portfolio was one of investing’s simplest solutions. Hold 60% in shares for growth and 40% in bonds for stability. When shares struggled, bonds were often there to cushion the ...

It has taken a while, but the Pilbara killer is now taking a machete to the Pilbara. FMG’s Sep QTR release yesterday was ugly.  Realised prices is the lowest in four years. AS sub-benchmark ore ...

War headlines. Iran bombs tankers outside Hormuz Iran bombs southern Hormuz Houthis bomb Saudi airports Madman says no attack before midterms. With Iran now going after the ship-to-ship transfer ...

As falling housing prices continue to spread to a growing share of the nation’s housing markets, downward revisions to price ...

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has hit out at the Coalition’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ immigration cuts, centrered around lower graduate and bridging visas, claiming that they risk ...

Goldman asks the question in less obnoxious terms. China’s export rise is historically exceptional. From 2000 to 2025, China’s share ofn global nominal goods exports increased from 4% to 15%, ...

I explained on Monday why Australia’s inflation problem is primarily domestically driven, in response to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claim that the war in the Middle East, not excessive government ...

One Nation released an analysis showing that its promised 766,000 cuts to temporary migrant numbers back to 2017 levels would lower rents by $54 a week, or $2,818 a year. One Nation calculates that ...