Insights

Rising student debt in the US is dampening millennials' spending habits and hopes for home ownership, with potentially disastrous consequences for the housing market and economy.

Woodside may not get clarity on its Israeli venture before deadline, while Healthscope executives drum up IPO interest offshore.

U.S. stocks lost much of their gains on Friday, following rumours of a possible Russian action in the Ukraine.

The jobs market is taking a hit, capital investment is on the wane and first home buyers are going on strike. Editor's Picks helps make sense of the change, and includes one free KGB article.

Next week's GDP figures should show the strongest quarterly growth in almost two years but significant headwinds loom.

It seems intense competition isn't always healthy for business. But it's great for consumers.

America's unwieldy tax system hinders growth and hurts poorer Americans. With its complicated system of exemptions, it's time to ditch income tax for a value-added tax that could raise revenue more efficiently.

Full global coordination on financial regulation is unrealistic, but the use of conflict lawyers to create more transparency in the financial world could provide a workable solution.

Inefficient taxes are punching a $33 billion hole in each year's federal budget. While they remain, expenditure cutting is not the game it should be.

Its poor result might have been flagged but that has not saved LogiCamms (LCM) from tumbling to a hear two-year low this afternoon.

Local market finishes flat after personal and business credit growth slows.

As the NBN Co renegotiations unfold, a shrewd David Thodey is keeping a close eye on both Telstra's current position and its post-NBN future.

A soft patch in the US housing recovery has sent shivers around the world…and our own market is suddenly in the frame.

With investors driving property prices higher, the pool of renters in the market is growing.

The RBA meets on interest rates with GDP, building approvals and retail sales to ponder over, while the Federal Reserve will find out about the strength of the US jobs recovery.

Faced with housing loan growth and weak business credit, the Reserve Bank has a hard task in setting rates that support business investment but don't cause the housing market to overheat.