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A housing expert has warned property markets could be “fragmented” next year amid a country-wide rebound of house prices, as a new report tips prices to rise up to 4 per cent alone.PropTrack’s latest Property Market Outlook report, released…

Delaying the Melbourne Cup Day rate hike would have risked a more aggressive increase to interest rates in the months ahead, fresh meeting minutes released by the Reserve Bank have revealed.The RBA, in its November 7 board minutes released…

Experts are growing increasingly frantic amid fears America could default for the first time ever – which would send major shockwaves across the globe.The nation is running out of cash, and tense negotiations are currently underway in…

The US is now just three weeks away from an economic disaster that would spark chaos across the world.The nation is running out of cash, and tense negotiations are currently underway in Congress regarding the US debt ceiling, which…

Experts have revealed one glaring sign that a global recession is fast approaching, with a “big question mark” now hanging over us all. The demand for diesel fuel has long been considered a significant clue regarding the health of the…

More Aussie businesses are collapsing now than before the pandemic as “zombie companies” are flushed out of the system — and experts warn it will “get worse before it gets better” as consumers tighten their belts.The latest insolvency…

Dire economic data out of the US has renewed fears that a recession is now almost unavoidable in the near future.In recent days, data has revealed the Nasdaq 100 stock market index is underperforming at the same time as the jobs market…

A Wall Street insider has shared a dire warning about the state of the US economy, predicting that the nation will be plunged into recession by year’s end.JPMorgan Asset Management’s chief investment officer Bob Michele told Bloomberg…

Three Australian companies have collapsed in the past 24 hours with one involved in mining transport and the others responsible for property development.It comes amid a chilling warning that a wave of insolvencies are about to hit…

Aussie homeowners are being battered by increasingly brutal interest rate rises – but there could be some relief on the horizon.According to Westpac’s latest survey released on Tuesday, consumer sentiment remained unchanged at 78.5 in March…