Economy
Inflation bounces back
October CPI numbers likely to see hopes of interest rate relief dashed as rising inflation will pressure the Reserve Bank to put the brakes on the economy. In October 2025, inflation — measured by the […]
Articles by ABR Editors
Property
Australia’s housing affordability hits record lows
Australia’s housing affordability has hit new lows over the past five years, with home values drifting even further out of reach and the share of income needed to pay a mortgage has nearly doubled, according […]
Analysis
Innovation and integration can revive global growth
Policymakers are grappling with how to boost growth and expand opportunities. Early in the last decade, the question was whether flagging growth was the result of years of technological stagnation. It was a different era, […]
Analysis
Seven key charts for investors to keep an eye on
Seven key charts worth watching are: Trump’s tariffs; business conditions PMIs; long term inflation expectations; inflation; profit growth; the gap between earnings yields and bond yields; and the $US. For now, they are mixed. Dr […]
Automotive
BYD Shark knocking on door of top three utes
BYD’s hybrid Shark utility vehicle just over 100 units behind Isuzu in taking over third place in Australia’s top selling utes New vehicle sales across Australia totalled 122,509 units in June 2025, marking a 2.4 […]
News
Sophisticated scammers targeting local Chinese
Chinese scammers, likely based in southeast Asia, are targeting Chinese-Australians with elaborate campaigns drawing in potential victims. Melbourne-based Amy Xie realised she was being scammed before it was too late, instead turning the tables on […]
Property
Highest volume of auctions since the week prior to Easter
1,784 capital city auctions were held last week, the highest volume of auction events since the week prior to Easter, when 3,066 homes went under the hammer. The number of auctions was up 11.8% on […]
Economy
Weekly investment markets
Shares were mixed over the past week. Despite the Trump administration talking up trade deals US shares fell slightly, but Eurozone shares rose slightly, and Japanese and Chinese shares saw strong gains. Given the mixed […]
Business
Gala event for Chinese community in Sydney
Australian International Elite Club celebrates its New Year Gala On Friday 7 March 2025, more than 200 people attended the annual Australian International Elite Club gala at Chatswood’s Top Town restaurant and event centre. The […]
Economy
Australia’s falling living standards
Falling real wages and a surge in tax and interest payments have led to a slump in Australian living standards; but a broader driver of the malaise in living standards has been a slump in […]
Economy
Job market drives ahead
36,000 Australian jobs created in November, well above the 25,000 being predicted by economists who are now saying don’t hold out for an interest rate cut any time soon An unexpected surge has seen Australia’s […]
Economy
No great sentiment
Monthly NAB survey shows Australian business sentiment largely declined in November, after a short-lived October spike. According to a national survey, Australian business conditions ticked down to 2 (which is slightly above the neutral level […]
Economy
Where is the economy heading?
Another year of Goldilocks in 2024, AMP Capital’s Shane Oliver looks at what’s ahead for 2025 2024 was like a rerun of 2023 with lots of angst but it turned out okay. Key big picture […]
Economy
No rate cuts before Christmas
The hopes for a December rate cut were slim leading into today’s meeting, with financial markets giving just a 6% chance of a rate cut in December The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) keeping interest […]
Automotive
New car sales drop
Double-digit drop in new vehicle sales for November compared with corresponding period last year but Toyota’s RAV4 bucks the trend with an impressive 125 percent increase in year-on-year sales New vehicle sales results released this […]