Private demand, which includes both consumption and business investment, led the contributions to growth in the quarter with household consumption adding 0.2 percentage points to GDP and private ...

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Japan stood atop the global economic ladder. The Nikkei 225 hit a historic high of 38,916 points, and eight of the world’s ...

Australia’s stock market soared to within one per cent of a record high as investors factored in interest rate cuts and the ...

Australian shares have rallied as Australia's largest company hit a share price record, while weaker than expected GDP ...

Four more rate cuts – including one as soon as July – are the “only silver lining” for Australian households amid falling ...

According to the council, Australia’s 2.5 million small businesses make up 97.7 per cent of all Australian businesses, employ ...

The economy grew more slowly than expected in the March quarter, as extreme weather and a slowdown in government spending ...

Consumers refrain from spending despite lower borrowing costs, cooling inflation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Australia's weaker economic activity also coincided with state governments scaling back their spending, with Queensland's ...

Australia is officially back in a per capita recession, but there could be a silver lining for struggling mortgage holders.