Australian Economy

Markets All Over The Place

🕔10/9/2008 8:15:00 AM

A bad day for shares again.But did we see a steadying emerge in late US trading?

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US, Spain Bail Out Banks

🕔10/9/2008 8:13:00 AM

The UK Government is to offer more than $A1.2 trillion in loans and guarantees in an effort to support the country's tottering banking sector.

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US Economy Heading For A Hard Landing

🕔10/9/2008 8:08:00 AM

The US economy is in far worse shape than many in the US think, and is heading for a hard landing.

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Economy Lower

🕔10/9/2008 8:07:00 AM

Home loans tumbled in August for a 7th successive month and consumer confidence plunged in October, so the question now is whether Tuesday's 1% rate cut from the Reserve Bank will have any impact in reversing those trends.

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CBA's Great Deal

🕔10/9/2008 8:02:00 AM

The Commonwealth Bank is now too big to fail now, if ever we ever needed it confirmed

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RBA's Bold Rate Cut As Recession Looms

🕔10/8/2008 8:53:00 PM

The stockmarket rejoiced, rising 1% or more after the news was released, but we should remember the reality of a 1% rate cut.

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Australia Market Report of October 8: Aussie Dollar to Face Selling Pressure

🕔10/8/2008 12:30:59 PM

Overnight Wall Street closed more than 5% down on growing fears that the spiralling credit crisis would drag the US economy into a recession. While the global financial crisis deepened, RBA cut the interest rate by a full percentage point, double the amount that had been expected.

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