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The Federal Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers, delivered his first Federal Budget on Tuesday 25th October from Parliament House in Canberra.
NEWS & INSIGHT
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The average Aussie family’s home buying budget has shrunk by around $214,600 thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) rate hikes, according to new data.
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Anything riskier than Aussie government debt has to beat the 4-5 per cent yield hurdle, plus factor in the risk to do so.
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Melbourne’s homeowners are being spooked by the fastest falls in house prices ever and not listing their homes for sale this spring, new figures show.
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While interest rate increases are lamented by many, Aussie savers are in for a nice boost to their bank accounts.
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The US Federal Reserve has pumped up its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time.
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Mortgage lending in Australia has fallen for the fourth month in a row, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Statistics.
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Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe fears Australians could find themselves lost in one of Dante’s circles of hell - the one named inflation.
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The hits keep coming for Australian mortgage holders, with the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest hike hitting homeowners harder than ever.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has hiked interest rates for a seventh consecutive month, warning that it now expects inflation to peak at a far higher-than-expec…
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House prices in some of Melbourne’s most sought-after suburbs have fallen over the past year, new data shows, as buyers’ budgets are hit by rising interest rate…
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The Federal Treasure, Dr Jim Chalmers, delivered his first Federal Budget on Tuesday 25th October from Parliament House in Canberra.
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