In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets,Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.
The American people are losing confidence in Donald Trump,sending shockwaves through Wall Street. And that’s before “Liberation Day”.
Consumers are holding up better than expected,said the outspoken 85-year-old retail billionaire,with premium prices helping Harvey Norman to solid profits.
The Wall Street honeymoon Donald Trump experienced in the initial months of his new administration appears to be ending.
The discretionary retail sector is hanging out for an interest rate cut to breathe some life into moribund sales growth and shrinking margins.
In only 6½ years it’s built a whopping following,making it one of Perth’s most successful shops of its kind. So why can’t that keep the wolf from the door?
It’s not WA,although the mining state is fast gaining on top spot,leading on relative population growth and home lending metrics.
The joy may be short-lived,with inflation data due next week key to the Reserve Bank board’s next interest rate move.
After hours of agonising hold music,I really should hang up,and yet a single thought keeps me on the line:what if I’m next?
Consumer confidence has climbed sharply,thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.