Markets

A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.

JACKSON HEWETT: With the Trump administration causing uncertainty, it might be time for investors to rethink portfolios. Here’s where the risk-averse and the risk-tolerant should consider putting their money.

Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless.

A long-awaited Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut should boost consumer and business sentiment in two surveys from February due out this week.

A Queensland coal magnate could emerge as an unlikely saviour for embattled casino operator Star Entertainment.

The Australian share market is on track for its worst close since September, after yet another backflip on tariffs from Donald Trump.

Cash-strapped Star Entertainment is set to offload its Brisbane casino in an 11th-hour deal that could rescue it from financial collapse.

Two massive seismic shifts in the economic world order have struck in one day — and economists say the impact is starting to flow through to Australia.

AARON PATRICK: Decades of work has failed to get more women into the upper ranks of some of the highest-paying jobs in the economy.

After a sluggish two years, latest GDP figures suggest Australia is recovering.

In an industry dominated by older men, AMP’s Diana Mousina has become an online powerhouse by taking economics and investing to a whole new audience.

Australia’s leading market index has plunged in early trade as investors brace for the impact of the start of US President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on neighbours Mexico and Canada.

JACKSON HEWETT: Despite the ABS Business Indicators’ positive headline, NAB’s chief economist believes that big business is not that confident about where the economy is going.

JACKSON HEWETT: BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, has looked into the future and has come up with five key factors it says will shape finance and investment in the years to come.

Embattled Star Entertainment has paused trade ahead of the release of its half-year financial report, with a repeated warning that without a white knight it may not be able to continue as a going concern.