DEFECIT News & Analysis

A jump in Treasury debt issuance is playing a role in the rise in bond yields.

Some commentators suggest the US 10-year bond yield could push through 4% and toward 5% over time.

A credit crunch in reaction to the royal commission could add pressure to weakening house prices at a time when the RBA is in no position to...

As US-China tensions intensify there's an almost satirical edge to the complacency of the markets.

The unrelenting pace of digital disruption is causing unprecedented changes in media consumption and a wave of consolidation.

A successful bid for APA would relinquish key energy assets forever and funnel profits to China and Hong Kong - a tragedy in the making that Canberra...

Investors should look through the windscreen rather than the rear-vision mirror because few believe Australia's 3.4pc growth rate is sustainable.

Governments on both sides have meddled with super rules and you can be sure they will continue to raid the superannuation savings of Australians.

It will be a rough ride but the Fed must exert its independence to stem inflation pressures and the onset of widespread tariff increases.

Tariffs will raise the cost of goods and push inflation to levels not seen in the US for some time, says an old Republican friend.