Inflation may now have peaked. The RBA must tread carefully

The next worry for Philip Lowe is he’ll have to apologise for raising interest rates longer than needed

Australia’s economy remains afloat – but there are choppy waters ahead

The OECD predicts 1.9% economic growth for Australia next year. That’s the good news

Australia’s wages are showing signs of life, but if they continue to lag behind inflation living standards will fall

The recent spike in inflation means wage rises are still nowhere near the increase in prices at the shops

How much more revenue would the Australian government have if it taxed gas companies properly?

At a time when people are struggling to pay the bills, a windfall profits tax could have doubled jobseeker or funded aged care

You can’t eat GDP: Why Australian households are in for a massive, historic hit

Very smart people are nodding and suggesting the economy needs to slow to get inflation under control and, well, damn the consequences

Now that Australia’s house prices are falling, does the RBA really need to raise rates yet again?

The Reserve Bank is still on its quest to kill inflation, but what exactly still needs to be put to the sword?

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Why is the cost of living going crazy even as the Reserve Bank raises rates?

Overseas issues and a wildfire housing market have combined to drive inflation growth that hasn’t been seen for decades

Six graphs that explain the 2022 federal budget: rosy views mugged by reality

Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers’ main economic message is enjoy today because tomorrow is going to be tough

Family life has evolved markedly in Australia in the past 50 years, but income equality for women is a long way off

While 71% of couples with dependants both work, economic dependence remains a major issue for women

As IMF alarm bells ring, Australia is stuck between inflation and a looming global recession

Limp growth would normally require fiscal stimulus, yet concerns about inflation mean we’re unlikely to see a big-spending budget

Yes, the heat is coming off the housing market. But it wasn’t just on fire last year - it was burning uncontrolled

We have an economy where even a slight fall in prices will do little to repair the damage of the past two years

Britain’s trickle-down budget idiocy offers a clear lesson for Australia on our stage 3 tax cuts

The stage 3 tax cuts were always the worst policy, but now they are being done at the worst time

Statistics prove Roger Federer’s class, but his love for his opponents shows his greatness

Both Federer and his career-long rival Nadal crying demonstrates that they have not lost their humanity to the lust for victory

Workers did not cause Australia’s inflation woes. But they will be the ones to sacrifice

The Reserve Bank governor’s recipe for avoiding sustained inflation is for real wages to fall for three years in a row

Yes, Australian house prices are dropping, but from staggering heights

It would take a bubble bursting to even get back to the level of housing affordability we saw in June 2020

Australians are spending hard, despite real wages falling. It’s a fragile situation

The GDP recovery looks strong, but it’s largely driven by households dipping into savings. Meanwhile, company profits are exploding

The stage three tax cuts are a pile of garbage, and everybody knows it

Anthony Albanese could learn a thing or two from Bob Hawke, who walked back tax cuts promised ahead of the 1983 election

Large firms are consolidating power like Scott Morrison consolidates jobs – and it’s hurting productivity

In a speech today, the assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh, will point the finger at big business over the inflation crisis

A rise in wages should be good news, but in real terms, this is historically pitiful

With overall prices increasing by 6.1% and essential items being even more expensive, workers are feeling the pinch

Australian tax data is absolute proof of the gender pay gap across the entire economy

The situation is worst in high paying occupations. Only members of parliament see women with a higher median salary

Australia’s economy is set to grow slower than it ever has outside of recession. This is bad news for our standard of living

The economic growth forecasts are truly dire and point to rising unemployment and falling wages growth

The RBA is increasing interest rates to counter inflation – but it will also slow wages growth

Combined with major price increases on essential items, the RBA’s policies will deliver a brutal whack to lower-income households

Wages growth should be skyrocketing on the back of Australia’s low unemployment. Is the system broken?

A recession is not inevitable in Australia – and certainly not necessary

The level of inflation we have and its causes do not require a recession to reduce them. Such talk is foolish

Workers and their wages are the collateral damage of the war on inflation

What a wonderful world we live in were a wage rise below inflation will apparently cause greater inflation!

The recovery we had to have has put profits first and wages later – leaving workers out of pocket

Should the RBA stifle the recovery with fast rate rises, workers’ real incomes will continue to fall

Australian businesses benefited from rising prices. Workers? Not so much

Strong GDP figures and growth is disguising what’s really happening: a shift to an economy where workers get less and less of their fair share

Anthony Albanese has some tough economic problems on his plate. Here are seven of them

From sluggish wages to red-hot inflation, there are some unusual things happening in Australia’s economy

Australian wages in real terms are essentially no different from where they were in 2013

Low wages growth, inflation, price rises and jobseeker are combining to put talk of a strong recovery from the pandemic into context

Five housing policies that wouldn’t drive up prices in Australia

If reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax are a bridge too far, how about tackling supply?

It shouldn’t be such a shock that Anthony Albanese believes the minimum wage should rise with inflation

If you think the real wages of the lowest paid in Australia should go backwards, you’re advocating for declining living standards

More interest rate hikes are coming, and housing affordability is about to get crunched

Rock-bottom rates provided a buffer to soaring house prices, but that is over. Repaying a mortgage will be harder than ever

The Australian inflation rate gives the lie to Morrison’s claims of strong economic management

Workers’ ability to buy things with their wages is little different from when Tony Abbott took office in September 2013

In Australia’s election campaign the silence on climate is deafening

Our major political parties – and the media – seem to have forgotten we’re heading for a cliff when it comes to temperature rises

It’s more important to know the impact of your policies than to know economic figures off-hand

If there’s ever a moment where the PM needs to know the exact unemployment rate without looking at the internet, we’re all truly stuffed

The RBA’s decade without a rate rise is coming to an end – but the market’s expectations are absurd

The amazing thing about the 2022 budget? How clearly it reveals the government’s death throes

Vote buying is not new but the slapdash nature of this is such that you almost wonder if they bothered with the back of an envelope

Australian home prices rose a record 24% last year. That’s insane

In most capital cites housing affordability is about 25% worse than it was just 18 months ago

Rise in hours worked signals post-lockdown recovery, but more people have multiple jobs than ever

A record 6.4% of workers are in more than one job, a sign that wages are not keeping pace with the cost of living

Don’t get too excited by Australia’s rebounding economy – it’s a distorted snapshot of the true picture

The GDP’s 3.4% growth in the December quarter only occurred because in the September quarter the economy shrank by the third-biggest amount ever

Real wages in Australia have tanked – and it can’t be hidden by the Coalition’s feeble scare campaigns

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Australia’s 4% unemployment in isolation hides what’s really going on in the labour market

A reduced labour force might provide a good-looking jobless rate but not necessarily a better economy or community

With inflation on the rise, Australia’s cost of living will dominate the election debate

The price of bread or milk is just part of the rising essentials costs that hit poorer households harder

The market thinks rates are about to go up because of inflation. The market could be wrong

Why not take Australia’s Reserve Bank at its word? It will hold fire on interest rate rises until there’s higher wages growth

If you’re a younger worker in Australia, don’t be fooled on tax cuts

The Coalition’s stage one cuts may have helped you but stage three will be massively directed towards high income earners

As Australia’s economy recovers what must not return is the wage theft and abuse of short-term visa holders

The concern is not about getting more backpackers working here, but that those workers are more likely to be exploited

Mortgage values fall from nutty 2020 high but new homebuyers are still feeling the pain

Surge in mortgages during pandemic suggests house prices will continue to grow for first half of 2022 – at least

Want to tax the rich less? Easy, just pretend everyone earns more than they really do

High income earners skew the statistics in ways that are all too convenient for those trying to woo the wealthy without alienating the rest of us

Australian house prices will keep rising and it’s truly depressing for those hoping to get into the market

Property prices look set to continue to grow for many more months to come – and certainly at a rate faster than wages