Greg Jericho

If prices were to take a 10% fall from the March 2026 peak, as CBA has suggested, that would still only mean prices were back where they were at the end of 2024

Wages are not growing out of control and the labour market is not ‘tight’

Labor has shown what a government can do to improve housing affordability, exposing how pathetic previous attempts had been

The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says

The latest inflation figures have put off the expectation of another rate rise until early next year – unless we look for an excuse for the RBA to move earlier

The idea of a people’s bank has been long floated by the Greens. Anything that reduces the oligopoly power of the big four banks is a good thing

Weekend house auction results and the official taxation data reveal the arguments from outraged conservatives are hollow

For now at least the bank looks to have stopped trying to slow an already slowing economy

An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino

In the March quarter Australia’s economy grew 0.3%. But the real issue is what drove that growth