What exactly is inflation?I keep hearing the word inflation at the moment.It is on the news, in newspaper headlines and, of course, whenever interest rates are being discussed.But I started wondering …
Has getting ahead in Australia become dependent on the family you were born into?I read an interesting SBS article recently about what it calls Australia's “Booster Economy” — more than $140 billion w…
What Australia might learn from countries that have decided housing is more than just an investment.I've been thinking about affordable housing for quite some time now.It started with my own experienc…
I read an ABC report recently about evidence given to a Senate inquiry by NAB chief economist Dr Sally Auld.What caught my attention wasn't simply the suggestion that Australia's housing problems coul…
Looking back at buying homes in Britain and New Zealand — and wondering how mortgages became what they are todayI have been thinking about mortgages lately.Not because I am looking to buy another hom…
Yes, they do — and on a massive scale. Here's how it works:How governments borrowGovernments don't go to a bank and apply for a loan the way you or I would. Instead they issue bonds — also called gove…
