Michael Janda
Predictions falling house prices are nearing bottom
Home price falls are continuing to slow in Australia’s two biggest cities, as an increase in auction clearance rates prompts some analysts...
How Australia’s richest have got 50 times richer in 35 years
They say it takes money to make money, and Australia’s 2019 Rich List shows how accurate that cliche is. Minimum-wage workers may...
Auction clearance rate bounce points to house ‘price stability’
The Sydney and Melbourne property markets are showing early signs of ending their steep slides, with a strong bounce in auction clearance...
Chinese investment in Australia plummets $5 billion
Chinese investment in Australia dropped by more than 36 per cent in 2018, to its second lowest level since the global financial...
A debt crisis is brewing, S&P warns, but don’t expect a 2008 rerun
Debt is higher than before the global financial crisis, making the world vulnerable to economic and market shocks, S&P Global Ratings has...
Telstra profit tumbles as NBN drains revenue
Telstra’s half-year profit has tumbled 27 per cent as the telco feels the full force of the NBN taking away its wholesale...
Consumer confidence ‘evaporated’ over Christmas, Westpac says
Australians have started the year in a dour mood, with Westpac’s widely watched consumer sentiment index posting its biggest monthly fall in...
Australia’s $1.9 billion trade surplus disappoints
Australia has recorded a lower than expected trade surplus, below $2 billion, with the previous month’s result also downwardly revised. Bureau of...
Former Leighton executive guilty on false books
The former chief financial officer of construction giant Leighton Holdings, Peter Gregg, has been found guilty of falsifying the company’s accounts. Mr...
Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold at 1.5 per cent
The word “gradual” is dominating the Reserve Bank’s thinking, appearing four times in a short statement accompanying its latest decision to leave...