Inflation

Shelter and gasoline prices added to inflation pressures in April.

Is this the future of Australia? Fat, flaccid, and foolish?

Total interest payments will soar from $22.7 billion in the 2023-24 financial year to $35.6 billion in 2027-28.

A boost to aged care workers’ salaries is among the $2.2 billion in announcements made for the sector in the 2024 federal budget.

This year’s Budget paves the way for an earlier election, should its assumptions prove accurate.

About $6.2 billion will go into the initiative.

Corporate America warns ’the consumer is under pressure.’

While the figure is well below the $22.1 billion surplus in 2022-23, it marks the first back-to-back surplus in nearly two decades.

The digital ID system will make cybersecurity ’simpler, safer, and more secure,' says Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.

Six in 10 shoppers reported spending more on housing, insurance, and groceries compared to the same time last year.

The treasurer should have stayed the course. He needs to save every bit of money he can.

Patience is vital in bringing inflation back to target.

‘We need to do something about our national debt or the dollar will be worth nothing,’ Mr. Musk said.

Other economists assert that corporate greed is lifting inflation pressures.

Industry experts warn that buyers closing deals out of ‘fear of missing out’ may be ruining their financial futures.

Fed Chair Powell says his confidence in inflation moving back down is lower than before.

The Treasury Secretary refutes the Republican argument that President Joe Biden is raising taxes.