Price hikes inevitable as manufacturers face profit squeeze

Price hikes inevitable as manufacturers face profit squeeze

Shoppers could face a fresh wave of price rises as manufacturers struggle to cope with demand amid labour shortages and higher costs.

  • byJessica Yun

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Recession risks grow as home buyers endure rate rises

Recession risks grow as home buyers endure rate rises

Analysts are increasingly concerned the Reserve Bank’s interest rate rises will hit vulnerable home buyers and drag down the economy next year.

  • byShane Wright
Australia tipped to dodge recession even as China slows,US teeters

Australia tipped to dodge recession even as China slows,US teeters

Australia’s economy is expected to avoid recession in the coming year even as its top trading partner,China,slows sharply on COVID-19 restrictions and rapid US policy tightening raises risks of a downturn there.

  • bySwati Pandey
Perfect storm:This could be the recession we have to have

Perfect storm:This could be the recession we have to have

It will take a lot of luck for the RBA and other central banks to lower inflation without plunging their economies into deep and painful recessions. But not all recessions are the same.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Inflation is not a big problem,so don’t hit it with a sledgehammer
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Inflation is not a big problem,so don’t hit it with a sledgehammer

The RBA is under huge pressure from the financial markets to keep jacking up rates but it must hold its nerve and do no more than necessary.

  • byRoss Gittins
Developer Caydon collapses,threatening historic Nylex site project

Developer Caydon collapses,threatening historic Nylex site project

Another major property developer has collapsed into receivership,threatening the redevelopment of the $600 million historic Nylex site on Melbourne’s Yarra River.

  • bySimon Johanson
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US banks prepare for downturn but don’t see recession yet

US banks prepare for downturn but don’t see recession yet

Slowing demand and sinking markets put an end to a period of record-setting profits for the America’s biggest banks,but that doesn’t mean a recession is imminent.

  • byEmily Flitter andStephen Gandel
How jobs will save us from a recession
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How jobs will save us from a recession

Even in these “unprecedented” times,it’s not all doom and gloom on the economic front.

  • byJo Masters
Recession alarm bells are ringing as the war on inflation escalates
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Inflation

Recession alarm bells are ringing as the war on inflation escalates

The RBA and the US Federal Reserve Board are reading from the same playbook. They will do whatever it takes to bring inflation under control,even if it means recessions.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Hits just keep coming’:Inflation fears could spark retail meltdown

‘Hits just keep coming’:Inflation fears could spark retail meltdown

As interest rates rise and inflation bites,Aussie retailers are being warned they will soon face the toughest conditions in more than a decade.

  • byEmma Koehn andJessica Yun
The World Bank’s gloomy economic outlook might be too optimistic
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Inflation

The World Bank’s gloomy economic outlook might be too optimistic

The latest World Bank assessment of the state of the global economy and what the future holds makes for depressing reading. It may not have gone far enough.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz