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Our articles analyse shifts in domestic and international economic issues, providing statistics and bridging real-world events to HSC Economics syllabus points.

Consumer sentiment has suffered since the beginning of 2020. Australian consumer sentiment was suppressed in January by the bushfire...

Crest Economics

Mar 12, 20201 min read

At its meeting on March 3rd, the RBA decided to cut the cash rate to a new historic low of 0.5%. The cut is intended to support the...

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Mar 5, 20202 min read

The contagion effect of the coronavirus has begun to spread around the world, largely through disruptions to international supply chains....

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Feb 27, 20202 min read

The unemployment rate declined to 5.1% in December and is expected to remain at this level before declining to 4.75% in 2021. This is...

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Feb 14, 20201 min read

The RBA decided in its February meeting to hold the cash rate steady at 0.75%, the same since October 2019. This is because the slowdown...

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Feb 7, 20201 min read

The RBA has identified weak growth in household disposable income and a downturn in household and business expectations due to major...

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Jan 30, 20201 min read

The RBA notes that the global trade environment has became slightly less volatile with the US-China Trade War on a truce and the...

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Jan 24, 20201 min read