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ASX drops as inflation climbs to 4 per cent in May, exceeding economists’ expectations — as it happened

Iron ore futures prices rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, aided by a wave of buying in the spot market in top consumer China, although gains were

Live: ASX slips 0.2 per cent on weaker Wall Street close, supermarket reforms on the way

Good morning and welcome to another week on the ABC markets and finance blog.Stephen Letts from ABC business team here, limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage

Live: Foreign buyers purchase $5b worth of residential property, ASX rises

Foreign buyers made 5,360 residential real estate purchases in Australia over the past financial year, spending $4.9 billion, according to new data from the ATO

ASX shares fall a day after interest rates decision, Nvidia overtakes Microsoft on value — as it happened

Our Chief Business Correspondent, Ian Verrender has penned this great analysis on what's going on with the Australian dollar.The Aussie dollar has bounced a lit

Live: ASX to rise ahead of key employment data, US Fed flags one rate cut this year

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December, with officials projecting only

Senate report into PwC scandal released, ASX lower in afternoon trade — as it happened

I'm an ag reporter in my day job, so I'll use this platform to share a survey of primary producer business sentiment courtesy of Rabobank, which was released to

Live: Wall Street lifts but ASX tipped to open lower

Lots happening over the water.Rabobank's senior macro strategist Stefan Koopman breaks down the European elections in a new note. Here's a little of it:"The ove

Live: RBA deputy governor speaks after European Central Bank joins Canada in cutting interest rates, ASX rises

The new RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser might win a few fans from this kind of reality check delivered to a gathering populated by a lot of financial heavywei

Live: Australian shares to follow Wall Street gains, Nvidia joins $3 trillion club

On July 1, stage 3 tax cuts come into effect and the Super Guarantee increases by 0.5 per cent, which makes it a good time to get to know your Super to make sur

Live: Information commissioner files action against Medibank over cyber attack, while ASX looking flat ahead of GDP figures

In breaking news just now...The Australian Information Commissioner has announced it has filed civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Medibank o

Live: Guzman y Gomez announces IPO and ASX listing, share market rises

Donald Trump has been found guilty of a hush-money plot to influence the 2016 election, but still could theoretically run for US President.Whoever wins the US p

Live: Sportsbet agrees to do more to prevent money laundering, ASX loses ground

The US team of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has released a report today.It shows that small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs)