I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it doesn’t appear to be getting any easier to find a rental property. The research team at SQM have released their findings for January. They found national vacancy rates decreased to 1.1 per cent in January, from 1.3 per cent in December. Perth continues to … Read more
Good morning and welcome to Monday, September 25 — you’re reading the ABC’s markets and business blog. First up, let’s look back at how Wall Street finished up last week. The Dow Jones, S&P500 and Nasdaq were all lower, as the markets come to grips with the US Federal Reserve’s latest warning that inflation is … Read more
The yen was volatile on Monday after slipping to its lowest for the year against the dollar, breaching the key 145 level as traders warily looked for clues on possible intervention, while the dollar rose to touch a more than one month high. The Japanese yen weakened to as low as 145.22 per dollar in … Read more