Australians are slashing discretionary spending as financial pressure intensifies, creating recession-like conditions across parts of the economy ...

The strange thing about recessions is that most people do not realise they are in one until long after it has already started ...

For the first time in more than three decades, Australia faces the possibility of an economic shock that could be destructive ...

Worst-case scenario modelling by Treasury shows oil prices as high as $200 a barrel in September quarter and inflation at 7.25% due to Iran war ...

When Brian Moloney lost his engineering job during 2008’s recession in Dublin, he had little idea that the setback would ...

There was one major reason for the RBA to hike interest rates today and that was to bring down inflation. But there were numerous reasons to leave the rate on hold. First, the most recent consumer ...

Monetary policy trade-offs are getting worse. The Reserve Bank of Australia is confronting rising inflation and downgraded growth forecasts. And there's nothing it can really do about it.

Investors warn that the bond market is underestimating Australia’s risk of a recession after multiple interest rate increases ...

With the federal budget expected to hit the property market, UBS has looked at past years to see which sectors usually gain ...

Australia’s annual inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 4.2% in April from 4.6% in March, ...

Reserve Bank assistant governor Sarah Hunter says there are increasing concerns about rising price pressures in the economy. If "inflation expectations" continue to build, policymakers could lose the ...