Wage price index

Annual wages growth has hit its highest levels in almost 15 years, after significant pay rises for award wage earners and aged care workers came into effect.But the figure likely represents a peak for wages growth, economists said, as the…

Australians with higher education Help loans will be able to earn slightly more before they start making repayments as inflation drives up student debts to new highs.The federal government lodged the official Help repayment thresholds for…

A billionaire developer has claimed the country is destined for recession without urgent government intervention, and has also blasted the RBA’s handling of our inflation crisis.Speaking to Seven News reporter Chris Reason this week,…

Finance guru Mark Bouris says he is hearing rumours of distressed homeowners quietly selling their properties in a “bad indicator” for the market.The executive chairman of mortgage broker Yellow Brick Road on Wednesday issued a dire…

The performance of Australian central banking has soured for more than a decade. Before the Global Financial Crisis, forecasting and monetary policy seemed to run itself. Inflation was largely quiescent, exports were driven by China, and…