Australians have been dipping into their piggy banks just to make ends meet

Australians have been dipping into their piggy banks just to make ends meet

Growth at 0.1 per cent is abysmal. GDP per capita has fallen by 1.6 per cent since mid-2022. You don’t see that sort of fall outside a deep recession.

  • byShane Wright

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If Chalmers gets the budget wrong,interest rate rises may kill his government

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong,interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers,this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

  • byShane Wright
How to get a bit of breathing space on your home loan
Opinion
Home loans

How to get a bit of breathing space on your home loan

You can forget about pandemic-level mortgage breaks – but you can still get some reprieve on your loan if you follow these five steps.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
The economy is on a knife edge. An interest rate change could tip the balance

The economy is on a knife edge. An interest rate change could tip the balance

The RBA board said it was not yet confident inflation was definitely tracking down in its estimated time frame. Here’s what the board will be watching closely to make sure it does.

  • byRachel Clun
Victorians suffer the biggest jump in financial distress as cost of living soars

Victorians suffer the biggest jump in financial distress as cost of living soars

More than half of Victorians are experiencing cost-of-living and personal debt distress beyond normal levels.

  • byBroede Carmody
Six tips to help manage your cash in a cost of living crisis
Opinion
Opinion

Six tips to help manage your cash in a cost of living crisis

Inflation may no longer trending upwards,but cost of living issues are still taking a toll across Australia.

  • byGrace Bacon
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Snowball or avalanche? How to pay back those stubborn debts
Analysis
Budgeting

Snowball or avalanche? How to pay back those stubborn debts

Changing your habits if you’re a regular borrower can be hard,but there are methods you can use to help slash your debt.

  • byNina Hendy
HELP:Why the HECS debt system needs a rethink
Opinion
HECS

HELP:Why the HECS debt system needs a rethink

The HELP system has assisted millions of Australians with their university degrees,but the income-contingent loan needs an overhaul.

  • byRachel Clun
Good,bad,or just okay? How to know when to take on debt
Opinion
Opinion

Good,bad,or just okay? How to know when to take on debt

Any debt is bad if you can’t pay it back,but some debts are better to have than others.

  • byGrace Bacon
‘Unjust and unfair’:How Karen nearly lost everything to strata debt
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Strata

‘Unjust and unfair’:How Karen nearly lost everything to strata debt

One in eight forced bankruptcy filings in NSW last year were applications by owners’ corporations to make individual owners bankrupt.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Biden wipes away another $US1.2 billion in student loans

Biden wipes away another $US1.2 billion in student loans

In total,nearly $US138 billion ($210 billion) in debt has been lifted from the shoulders of young people ahead of the presidential election in November.

  • byAamer Madhani