Consumer confidence rose 0.2 points last week to 77.1 points. The four-week moving average fell 0.6 points to 79.6 points.

In the lead-up to this year’s Valentine’s Day, new research suggested that cost-of-living pressures have impacted a willingness to splurge ...

Local market outperforms US as investors rotate away from tech-heavy equities

Roses will rate highly with the three million Australians expected to give a Valentine's Day gift. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

While couples across Australia prepare for candlelit dinners, red roses and heartfelt declarations this Valentine’s Day, few may realise ...

Aussie couples are proving prove lasting love beats expensive gifts as Valentine’s spending crashes to record lows across the nation.

Queensland parents have ditched traditional Valentine’s romance to spoil their children instead, with retailers reporting a 30 per cent ...

Brokers brace as cautious business clients delay growth plans

The Liberal Party has done what the Liberal Party does best in times of trouble: turned inward, sharpened the knives and changed the leader.

Nominal realities bedevil politics. They usually find form in polling statistics, airings in the land of pundits and those self-appointed ...

Love might be in the air this Valentine’s Day, but shoppers’ purses are staying a little more zipped up. Research from the Australian ...