A hot inflation figure on Wednesday would show we are in the grip of a structurally persistent crisis which has been underestimated in three of the last four quarters.

Labor has left the door open to doling out extra cost of living assistance, even as economists warn that the rapid growth in spending is fuelling inflation.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the economy would have gone backwards without government spending, but economists warn the outlays are making the RBA’s job harder.

Inflation and taxes are eroding household incomes by triple as much as interest rates, undermining Jim Chalmers’ claim the RBA is hurting the economy.

Businesses appear focused on paying shareholders rather than buying or building new equipment and technology, creating a profound productivity and inflation problem.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will likely be forced to warn that it could raise rates again.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is hierarchical, insular, supercilious, hubristic and exceptionally slow to respond to its own mistakes. It must be overhauled.

Victorians will pay a hefty price for decades after state gross debt exploded to above $200 billion, as borrowing costs for governments hit the highest rate in 15 years.

All Australian taxpayers should be concerned about the nepotism, financial recklessness and disregard for good government in the state.

Early data suggests the housing market correction will continue with gusto this year.

The $100 billion super fund’s decision comes amid a reckoning over inflated valuations of Australia’s commercial property sector and warnings from APRA.

We've repeatedly warned investors of the risks of a second hiking cycle and the fact there is little chance the RBA will cut this year

With labour costs, not profits, the biggest driver of inflation, the central bank will have to go higher to crush Australia’s wage-price spiral.

There are no grounds for the cash rate to fall here in 2024. The Albanese government’s big job will be selling that reality to voters.

Higher interest rates are precipitating a default cycle, claiming the tech/crypto-centric Silvergate and Silicon Valley banks in recent days

The monthly number of insolvencies has reached the highest level since ASIC began compiling statistics in 1999.

As we gaze forward to next year, investors need to imagine what life is going to be like without these savings buffers artificially inflating growth.

The central bank’s hawkish pivot has no credibility given it is not willing to do the bare minimum and raise interest rates in line with global peers.

The IMF has ramped up calls for comprehensive tax reform and pushed back the idea that the move on interest rates will be downwards, saying inflation is still a problem.