ANALYSIS: As conflict escalates in Iran and the Middle East, anxiety has settled on a familiar pressure point: the petrol bowser and just how high prices may climb.
The 2024 world economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund has just been released and its forecasts for the global economy will provide illuminating reading for WA's economic planners.
Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows annual price inflation of 4.1 per cent nationally to December 2023, and 3.6 per cent for Perth.
The latest world economic outlook released by the International Monetary Fund reveals a relatively bleak international growth forecast for the coming two years.
Perth recently hosted the 2023 Australian Gender Economics Workshop, a prestigious international gathering of academics and policy makers to discuss issues affecting women's economic outcomes and wellbeing.
THE new 2022 Women's Report Card–an indicator of Western Australian women's progress–shows improvements in labour market outcomes for women across the board.
COVID-19 has modified our consumption patterns as Australians are stuck at home, unable to spend their dollars on that much-desired European tour or visit to Bali.
Spending patterns in WA have changed since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the state unexpectedly entering a housing boom after years of slowdown.
