Australia Delivers Record Trade Surplus on Coal-Iron Price Surge Australia posted a record trade surplus as iron ore and coal exports surged on the back of...
Australian Retail Sales Missed Estimates For the first time in four months Australian retail sales have missed expectations, a disappointing outcome given strength in other spending...
Another Christmas Day Terror Plot Foiled in Australia A “significant” Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot targeting central Melbourne has been foiled after a series of...
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Rises in November The Australian unemployment rate jumped 5.7 percent in November, following worst third quarter economic contraction since the global financial crisis....
Australia’s Economy Shrinks Most in Eight Years; Currency Slumps While Australia’s economy shrunk last quarter, it’s probably more of a red flag than a precursor to...
Aussie Job-Market Slack Deepens as Participation at 10-Year Low Australia’s labor-market slack deepened in October as the participation rate slumped to the weakest level in a...
Australia September Retail Sales Beat Expectations Australian retail sales rose by 0.6 percent in September from August 0.5 percent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Friday....
Australia Building Approvals Fall Short in September Australian building approvals fell short of expectations in September, despite persistently low interest rates and demand for property. Year-on-year...
RBA keeps Interest Rates Unchanged as Strong Housing Market Outweighs CPI Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe kept interest rates unchanged, signaling he’s prepared to...
Australia’s Inflation Accelerates in Third Quarter Australia’s inflation rose more than expected in the third quarter of the year, sending the currency up half a U.S....