Westpac’s view about the Reserve Bank’s future rate trajectory is the opposite of economists at HSBC and ANZ, who on Friday tipped the institution’s next move to be cuts.
Australia’s peak accounting group has warned rushed Budget tax changes would impose severe costs on investment property owners and shareholders — even if they don’t sell.
The ASX is on track for its best day since April on renewed hopes for a Middle East peace deal, which could deliver normality for global oil and gas supplies.
One of the nation’s biggest unions has voted to down tools at Australia’s most lucrative iron ore port after a months-long stalemate with BHP over a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
America’s consumer prices rose at a faster rate for a third-straight month in May, to 4.2 per cent annually, as the energy shock put more pressure on the US economy.