Bankrupt,bust or giving up:Businesses shutter at pandemic levels

Bankrupt,bust or giving up:Businesses shutter at pandemic levels

Data shows more than one in 20 businesses across the country is failing as consumer spending dries up and high costs hit their bottom line.

  • byShane Wright

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How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans

How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans

Sharemarket investors were initially excited about the president-elect’s return to the White House but Jerome Powell quickly became the party pooper.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Memo to RBA:If wages growth isn’t the problem,then what is?

Memo to RBA:If wages growth isn’t the problem,then what is?

The Reserve Bank of Australia is worried excessive growth in wages is keeping inflation above its target zone. But there’s absolutely no sign of that happening.

  • byRoss Gittins
Rampant US dollar sends a threatening message to the rest of the world
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Rampant US dollar sends a threatening message to the rest of the world

The greenback has surged against currencies of America’s major trading partners since the election,sounding a warning for the global economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Real wages are growing at highest rate since 2020. But it’s unlikely to last

Real wages are growing at highest rate since 2020. But it’s unlikely to last

After years of wage rises lagging behind inflation,they rose more than inflation in the year to September – but wage increases have already started to slow.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Peter Dutton backs away from tax cuts for the rich

Peter Dutton backs away from tax cuts for the rich

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Australians were just as focused on inflation as Americans who elected Donald Trump as he refused to commit to the reform.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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Chalmers’ $900m carrot to convince states to rip up red tape

Chalmers’ $900m carrot to convince states to rip up red tape

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil plans,mirroring reforms used by Paul Keating and John Howard,to get the economy running faster and cheaper.

  • byShane Wright
A sky full of profits:Qantas blames Coldplay for airfare surge

A sky full of profits:Qantas blames Coldplay for airfare surge

The competition watchdog has revealed prices on some flight routes more than doubled in the months after Rex Airlines’ collapse and the demise of budget carrier Bonza.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Olympic plans in disarray amid claims of widespread blowouts,delays

Olympic plans in disarray amid claims of widespread blowouts,delays

The Queensland government has rejected a Commonwealth plea to get on with building Olympic venues,insisting the LNP’s mooted 100-day review must be allowed to play out.

  • byCameron Atfield
Trump’s Machiavellian plot to undermine the man he would love to get rid of

Trump’s Machiavellian plot to undermine the man he would love to get rid of

Jerome Powell says he will not resign as chairman of the US Federal Reserve should the president-elect ask him to. Trump’s advisers are working on a Plan B.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Beloved Perth business puts out distress call as cost of living bites

Beloved Perth business puts out distress call as cost of living bites

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?

  • byEmma Young