ABS News & Analysis

Musty data means the Reserve Bank is fighting inflation with one eye closed.

And the longer inflation remains down the higher price-to-earnings ratios may go, writes Nicki Bourlioufas.

Australian investors are increasingly sophisticated but also more fearful of missing out on share market gains.

Consumer sentiment provides a faint glimmer amid the pandemic's economic fallout.   

Shopping mall operator Scentre Group and consumer electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi suffer as rising unemployment adds to poor wages growth and high...

Australia's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points in April to a worse-than-expected 5.2 per cent, adding pressure on the Reserve Bank to...

New homebuilding permits have bucked predictions and fallen for the second month to a new five-and-a-half year low, as credit tightens and Australian...

The wealth of Australian households could fall this year as property prices drop and as share prices possibly correct further.

Retail spending rose 0.4 per cent in November, beating market expectations, in a sign that Australians have embraced the Black Friday and Cyber...

The RBA's December minutes showed members worrying over tightening credit and sluggish consumption.