Australia’s unemployment rate rose unexpectedly in June, significantly boosting the case for an interest-rate cut in August.

CANBERRA] Australian unemployment unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in June as hiring almost stalled, suggesting a ...

The jobless rate had held between 3.9% and 4.2% since late 2023 even as the broader economy slowed, a surprising resilience ...

While unemployment unexpectedly rose to 4.3%, there’s some good news hidden in the data. And for homeowners, it makes a rate ...

Australia will miss many of its important goals unless its environment laws undergo a long-overdue transformation, an economist has said.

Much is made about how central bankers fret over rising inflation, but there’s really nothing like a sudden and sharp rise in unemployment to focus their minds and force them into action.

In the years since the GFC, the base of the economy delivering growth has become ever narrower. At an aggregate level, this ...

The AUD/USD pair jumps to near 0.6570 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Aussie pair gains sharply as the ...

Australia’s pursuit of growing trade dependence on China is making us increasingly vulnerable to Beijing and its coercion ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under ...

Australia needs new economic research to tackle the rolling challenges of trade tariffs, productivity slowdowns and climate ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday in Beijing as part of a nearly ...