Consumer confidence has climbed sharply,thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.
Proposed new national security laws unveiled this week are likely to have the same chilling effect on investment and activity as the counter-espionage rules that mainland China introduced last year.
Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott says Joe Biden’s historic climate change bill has changed the economic landscape and Australia must now act.
Buckle up for the consumer confidence roller coaster.
Deteriorating economic conditions have cast a shadow over the March 25 state election – and whoever wins will confront a raft of financial challenges.
More than one in five NSW businesses plan to shed staff in coming months as business confidence falls ahead of this month’s state election.
Anxiety about the viability of their businesses has reached a peak not seen since the global financial crisis when the sustainability of the financial system was in question.
KPMG chairman Alison Kitchen believes China’s latest outbreak,the scale and severity of which is not known,will not create new problems for local retailers.
Australia’s business community is cheering China’s reversal of zero-COVID,but expects supply chain hiccups,labour shortages and travel headaches to bite.
The political fallout from the British prime minister’s botched economic program rollout has been profound,with collapsing polls leaving politicians angry,fearful and divided.
Tabitha Zeppieri is facing many challenges in her Summer Hill business – and she is certainly not alone.