Australian wages and living standards could fall, as weak economic growth continues to hamper the national economy.

Australia is managing a soft landing amid an uncertain global outlook. Following a period of high inflation and excess demand, the economy is showing signs of gradually returning to internal balance.

The Reserve Bank says Australia’s economy could be “off to the races” once businesses start doing this one thing.

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Australia faces a rapidly deteriorating strategic environment, but decades of complacency, underinvestment, and overreliance ...

Australian unemployment declined in October and the economy added more jobs than anticipated, suggesting the labor market ...

Australian employment jumped in October as firms took on more full-time workers, pulling the jobless rate down from a ...

Jason Murphy is an economist first and foremost. He began his career with the Australian Treasury and later shifted to journalism at the Australian Financial Review. He has written for a range of ...

The Australian economy may have already reached its limit for growth that doesn’t fuel inflation, a level economists say has been significantly lowered due to a productivity slump, the build up of ...

Australia, once renowned for its long run of strong economic growth and high living standards, now faces declining household incomes, growing public debt, stagnant productivity and political tensions ...