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After reducing interest rates in spits and spurts since 2011, most economists think the RBA’s next move on interest rates will be higher, with the vast majority viewing it as… Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bill-evans-restrictions-to-slow-australias-housing-market-are-coming-2017-3
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THEY’RE the IT jobs you need to make a motza. Hot on the heels of research showing IT gurus are the Aussie workers most likely to score double-digit pay rises of up to $50,000 this year comes more proof they’re…
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Cutting interest rates to marginally boost employment is not worth the risk of encouraging more household debt, the head of the Reserve Bank says. Governor Philip Lowe has told a parliamentary economics committee debt is – See more at:…
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The latest jobs figures provided some small bit of good news, but also highlighted that while men have finally started getting more full-time work, the past year has… Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/21/latest-job-stats-full-time-work-is-disappearing-for-women-but-not-for-men
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The majority of Australia’s banks are increasing customers’ credit card limits without checking whether their financial circumstances have changed and are failing to ask customers basic questions about the… Read more at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/credit-card-report-takes-aim-at-banks-limit-increase-approvals-financial-checks-20170201-gu3lt3.html
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Consumers are worried about their own finances and most expect mortgage interest rates and unemployment to rise this year, Westpac says. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment jumped 2.3 per cent to… Read more at: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/15/consumers-downbeat-over-finances-outlook
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One of the country’s largest operators of coal-fired power stations has joined the chorus of big business, unions, welfare and environmental groups calling for an end to Canberra’s blame game over renewables. Energy Australia took the unprecedented move of taking…
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The Australian dollar has been given plenty of reasons to rally against the US dollar recently, but hasn’t. The RBA seems optimistic on where the economy is heading, and commodity prices, particularly for those Australia has in abundance, have… Read…
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A ROGUE Westpac banker who fraudulently loaned millions of dollars to elderly pensioners has been jailed for six months. David St Pierre, 46, was sentenced at Southport District Court on the… Read more at: http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/banking/former-westpac-banker-david-st-pierre-jailed-over-4-million-fraud/news-story/dc30d78447481c36a9d389c09ccbb26b
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Consumers are still feeling confident about the economic outlook but are less optimistic about their own finances. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence Survey shows that… – See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/business/business/market/2017/02/07/confidence-slips-amid-finance-concerns–anz.html#sthash.OcYH4Na7.dpuf
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