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Australia’s NFT Boom: Promise for a second return- November 2021

Crest Economics

Nov 15
2 min

Australia’s NFT Boom: Promise for a second return- November 2021

Whilst the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market has cooled dramatically in 2021, Australia’s true NFT advocates believe there’s still more...

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Australian banks lift home loan rates despite unchanging cash rate - November 2021

Crest Economics

Nov 8
1 min

Australian banks lift home loan rates despite unchanging cash rate - November 2021

Australia’s major banks have begun increasing fixed interest home loan rates whilst the official cash rates unchanged with the RBA...

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Crest Economics

Nov 1
2 min

COP26 - November 2021

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP26, held its 26th conference over the past week. The significance of...

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New Senate Laws to Set Australia as the Future of Digital Innovation - October 2021

Crest Economics

Oct 25
1 min

New Senate Laws to Set Australia as the Future of Digital Innovation - October 2021

A Senate inquiry has recommended overhauls to taxation laws and to introduce new licensing and regulatory regimes for crypto and digital...

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Nobel Economics Prize on Minimum Wage - October 2021

Crest Economics

Oct 18
1 min

Nobel Economics Prize on Minimum Wage - October 2021

David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2021 for their work on minimum wage that...

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Massive shocks to tech giants from global corporate tax overhauls- October 2021

Crest Economics

Oct 12
1 min

Massive shocks to tech giants from global corporate tax overhauls- October 2021

Support from 136 countries has ensued a vast overhaul of corporate taxation, introducing a higher global minimum rate that replaces the...

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Unaffordable housing: Australia’s uncomfortable truth

Crest Economics

Oct 4
1 min

Unaffordable housing: Australia’s uncomfortable truth

House prices across the globe are growing at 9.4%, the fastest rate for the past 30 years with policymakers everywhere panicking to make...

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Crest Economics

Sep 27
2 min

AUKUS - September 2021

The new AUKUS pact is a major play in Australia's bid to become the seventh nation in possession of nuclear-powered submarines. The...

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Australia’s delivery services plagued with delays - September 2021

Crest Economics

Sep 20
1 min

Australia’s delivery services plagued with delays - September 2021

Expect delays in delivery services in the coming weeks as StarTrack truck drivers strike for 24 hours next week with Australia Post...

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Boris Johnson’s bold move to lift the UK National Insurance Levy - September 2021

Crest Economics

Sep 14
2 min

Boris Johnson’s bold move to lift the UK National Insurance Levy - September 2021

nited Kingdoms Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed raising taxes to fund public sector expenditure into social-care reforms as well...

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An Inflation Storm is Brewing in Australia- September 2021

Crest Economics

Sep 6
1 min

An Inflation Storm is Brewing in Australia- September 2021

Over the past 5 years, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has had one wish more than anything else and it may be granted much sooner than he is...

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Crest Economics

Aug 30
1 min

US Economy- August 2021

It's a cautious foot on the brake pedal for the Federal Reserve as Fed chair Jerome Powell signalled potential stimulus tapering after...

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Unemployment rate falls to a 12-year magical low- August 2021

Crest Economics

Aug 22
2 min

Unemployment rate falls to a 12-year magical low- August 2021

The latest July figures for Australia’s labour market reveal the unemployment rate falling from 4.9% to a historical low of 4.6% since...

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Taliban Takeover sends a shocking ripples to the Global Economy- August 2021

Crest Economics

Aug 17
2 min

Taliban Takeover sends a shocking ripples to the Global Economy- August 2021

Following the withdrawal of US military forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban seized control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday...

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US Economy records staggering employment growth despite disappointing growth - August 2021

Crest Economics

Aug 9
2 min

US Economy records staggering employment growth despite disappointing growth - August 2021

US Economy exceeded employment expectations in July as 943,000 new jobs were created. Forecasts for jobs created last month had varied...

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AFT pushes ASX to a record high after Square acquisition - July 2021

Crest Economics

Aug 2
2 min

AFT pushes ASX to a record high after Square acquisition - July 2021

The S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 1.3% to a record high this week following a strong performance from Afterpay. Afterpay shares closed 18.8%...

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Crest Economics

Jul 26
2 min

Delta strains the economy- July 2021

Despite reassurance from Scott Morrison, the Australian economy is facing a possible double-dip recession as lockdowns start to bite hard...

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OPEC+ disagreements spell a slippery slope for oil prices- July 2021

Crest Economics

Jul 19
2 min

OPEC+ disagreements spell a slippery slope for oil prices- July 2021

Last week, members of the OPEC cartel and allied oil producing countries broke off in the midst of a standoff with the United Arab...

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NSW’s lockdowns to flatten national GDP growth - July 2021

Crest Economics

Jul 11
2 min

NSW’s lockdowns to flatten national GDP growth - July 2021

With cases continuing to rise, NSW’s latest wave of lockdowns across the country will wipe out up to $7bn in economic output with...

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Bitcoin slumps as China Clamps down on Cryptocurrency- July 2021

Crest Economics

Jul 5
2 min

Bitcoin slumps as China Clamps down on Cryptocurrency- July 2021

Cryptocurrency has promised to revolutionise the financial system and replace the use of conventional money with assets beyond the...

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Australia’s NFT Boom: Promise for a second return- November 2021

Australian banks lift home loan rates despite unchanging cash rate - November 2021

COP26 - November 2021

New Senate Laws to Set Australia as the Future of Digital Innovation - October 2021

Nobel Economics Prize on Minimum Wage - October 2021

Massive shocks to tech giants from global corporate tax overhauls- October 2021

Unaffordable housing: Australia’s uncomfortable truth

AUKUS - September 2021

Australia’s delivery services plagued with delays - September 2021

Boris Johnson’s bold move to lift the UK National Insurance Levy - September 2021

An Inflation Storm is Brewing in Australia- September 2021

US Economy- August 2021

Unemployment rate falls to a 12-year magical low- August 2021

Taliban Takeover sends a shocking ripples to the Global Economy- August 2021

US Economy records staggering employment growth despite disappointing growth - August 2021

AFT pushes ASX to a record high after Square acquisition - July 2021

Delta strains the economy- July 2021

OPEC+ disagreements spell a slippery slope for oil prices- July 2021

NSW’s lockdowns to flatten national GDP growth - July 2021

Bitcoin slumps as China Clamps down on Cryptocurrency- July 2021