Greg Jericho

The OECD predicts 1.9% economic growth for Australia next year. That’s the good news

The poorest 20% of households are aided significantly by services like education and health. But the stage-three tax cuts threatens their funding

Energy companies began swimming in cash and unemployment kept dropping in a 2022 that defied predictions

Despite the highest inflation growth in 32 years, the figures suggest a peak has likely been reached

Taking an equity stake in a sector that so far has weathered three of most turbulent years makes financial sense and would improve housing affordability

If you look at what’s increased most in price over the past year, such as petrol, there is little that higher interest rates would change

Soaring repayments are a massive impost on the ability of most to afford a loan. It’s no wonder people are shopping around like never before

Australians are already getting hit by higher costs for necessities, reducing their ability to save and spend money on non-essential goods and services

A rise would only add to the cost of necessities without reducing inflation, hitting households already struggling with a 70% increase in mortgage costs

If we are ever to recover our lost purchasing power, we need plenty more wages rises above inflation