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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...
Crest Economics
Nov 9, 20211 min read
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COP26 - November 2021
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP26, held its 26th conference over the past week. The significance of...
Crest Economics
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Crest Economics
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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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...
Crest Economics
Oct 19, 20211 min read
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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...
Crest Economics
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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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...
Crest Economics
Oct 4, 20211 min read
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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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Sep 27, 20212 min read
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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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Sep 20, 20211 min read
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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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Sep 14, 20212 min read
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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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Sep 6, 20211 min read
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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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Aug 30, 20211 min read
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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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Aug 23, 20212 min read
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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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Aug 17, 20212 min read
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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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Aug 9, 20212 min read
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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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Aug 2, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 26, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 19, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 5, 20212 min read
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A sharp jab of Needlephobia- June 2021
Australia's vaccine rollout plan has undoubtedly been troubled since its inception. With parts of NSW in lockdown for two weeks, the...
Crest Economics
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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