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We’re purchasing EVs instead of holidaying in Europe – and what else we learned from Australia’s national accounts

ABS’s snapshot of Australia’s accounts shows economic growth – albeit low – in the face ‘challenging international circumstances’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news...

Australia’s economy grows by 2.1%, but people’s living standards aren’t keeping pace

Australia’s economy expanded by 0.4% in the June quarter, with spending growth driven by record sales of imported electric vehicles. For the year to June, gross domestic product (G...

Australia flash PMI: growth slows to Q3 low as factories contract and firms cut jobs

The survey hands the RBA a mixed signal days before its 29 September decision: softer demand and job cuts argue for caution, while faster growth in output prices keeps the inflatio...

Australia's August trade surplus shrinks to A$495M as data center equipment imports surge

A reading about A$1.5 billion below the poll is a clear miss for a surplus that had already been narrowing, and if the import pattern holds it could weigh on the trade contribution...

Australia’s private sector growth cools to 3-month low as inflation pressures ease

IMF downgrades Australian economic forecast amid fears of interest rate hike

Global financial institution predicts Australia’s GDP will grow to just 1.6% in 2027 as Treasury faces rising energy costs and inflationGet our breaking news email, free app or dai...

Airwallex delivers a $4.6 billion boost to the Australian economy

Australian-founded global fintech platform Airwallex delivered an estimated $4.6 billion boost to the Australian economy in 2025.

Australia services PMI growth slows to 51.9, job cuts return as price pressures build

The survey sends mixed signals for the Australian dollar and rates. Slower activity, job shedding and weaker confidence argue against further tightening. Accelerating output price...

Australia manufacturing PMI falls to 49.6 as new orders drop for first time since June

The drop from 52.0 to 49.6 points to softer factory momentum, with the fall in new orders the signal most likely to draw attention because it reverses two months of improvement. Th...

Australia’s economy limps along, but the RBA should take a closer look before raising interest rates again | Greg Jerich...

The story of the economy at the moment is one of give and take – and what’s good for investment is bad for tradeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen the...

AUD lower: Australian jobs fall 39,300 in September, unemployment at five-year high of 4.7%

The report shifts the RBA debate from when the next hike comes to whether it comes at all, with a pause now looking the likelier near-term outcome. That leaves the Australian dolla...

Is the Aussie dream fading?

Australian unemployment numbers are increasing sharply.

Australian economic and financial markets update | RBA Chart Pack October 2026

If a picture paints a thousand words, then this collection of charts should do a pretty good job of painting the landscape as it affects our economy and our property markets. Each...

Economy set to worsen, with higher unemployment and weaker growth on the way, Jim Chalmers reveals

Treasury is revising all the numbers for the mid-year budget update as economists warn of a difficult six months aheadGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastJim...

Australia's copper mines boom while coal struggles

Australia at risk from major global financial shock, Reserve Bank warns

Warning comes as central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking...

Australians ‘scrambling’ for second jobs to deal with rising mortgage repayments and cost of living

Latest data also shows unemployment at highest level since the pandemic, which analysts doubt will stop RBA hiking interest ratesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest upda...

Australia’s Quiet Economic Decline: How We Went From Boom Nation to Also-Ran

You can earn more than you did five years ago and still feel as though you’re going backwards. For many Australian households, that’s become a familiar experience as everyday expen...

Why does Australia have a productivity problem? - podcast

Improving economic productivity is crucial for raising living standards, and Australia’s productivity growth has been sluggish for years. When the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates...

Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise

Key indicator dropped about 20% after the Reserve Bank last month announced the highest interest rates since 2011Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustrali...

Australia's recession risk hits 50% as RBA prepares to lift rates

Could further RBA rate hikes push the economy too far? The post Australia's recession risk hits 50% as RBA prepares to lift rates appeared first on The Motley Fool Australia.

Australia news live: RBA hikes official cash rate to highest level since 2011 as Chalmers says move ‘will make things to...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police say they are investigating the suspicious deaths of two men in the state...

Health, wealth and housing: here’s what forecasters think Australia will look like in 2066

The country will be home to 40 million people, but fewer people will be having even fewer babiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, f...

AUD higher, Australian CPI beats forecasts as core inflation surprises to the upside

The scale of the beat, both on headline and on the RBA's preferred trimmed mean measure, materially changes the policy conversation heading into September. A 0.5% monthly increase...