After reporting five consecutive monthly declines in U.S. existing home sales, the National Association of Realtors released a report on Wednesday showing existing home sales unexpectedly rebounded in the month of November. NAR said existing home sales climbed by 0.8 percent to an annual rate of 3.82 million in November after plunging by 4.1 percent to a rate of 3.79 […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What we’ve come to call the “cost-of-living crisis” has made this an unusually tough year for many people as they struggle to make ends meet. It’s likely to get worse rather than better next year. Which won’t help Anthony Albanese’s chances of being […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Just three weeks from today, we will be well into the first week of 2024. The new year’s resolutions will still be fresh. People will be starting a new gym, a new diet, a new budget, or maybe all of them at once, […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The float of the Australian dollar 40 years ago today forged a shock absorber that helped the country weather decades of economic turbulence and to punch above its weight in global financial markets. It may have been a tumultuous ride for what’s now […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This article originally appeared in Refinery29 Australia. Welcome to Money Diaries, where we ask real people how they spend and save their money during a seven-day period, tracking every last dollar. Anyone can write a Money Diary! Want to see yours here? Here’s […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Paid with cash? It was free! Going to a concert or taking overseas flights? Free, because you paid for it so long ago! Bought something, but then returned it? You’ve made money! If this makes no sense to you, these are all examples […]

UK house prices increased for the second successive month in November largely reflecting shortage of properties, results of a survey by the Lloyds Bank subsidiary Halifax and S&P Global showed Thursday. House prices grew 0.5 percent in November from October, when they rose 1.2 percent. The pace of growth also exceeded forecast of 0.3 percent. Compared to last year, house […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. How can I stop my kids contesting the amount they receive from my estate? It may not be possible to stop a person contesting your will – if they feel they have been aggrieved, they may well seek legal advice. But there are […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hey, guess what? Until after Christmas, we appear to be out of rate-hike danger. Inflation came in at just 4.9 per cent last week, lower than expected. Yes, that’s just the monthly indicator, which is a smaller basket of goods, but it’s moving […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. While we’ve been laser focused on the battle to curb inflation, a middle-aged shock-absorber has made the Reserve Bank’s job a little easier. Shortly after landing in the top seat of Australian politics in 1983, Bob Hawke floated the Australian dollar. Now, he’s […]