The RBNZ's forward guidance suggested at least three more cuts by the middle of next year, projecting the cash rate at 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 4.4% in the second quarter of 2025. Previously, it had not expected to start cutting rates until the middle of 20...
Funding for redevelopment projects is usually calculated by estimating the increased value of the development and then borrowing against that forecast. Funding can be released in various ways including as staged payments over time or on completion of various stages in the project. An individual may o...
The 2024 Federal Budget focused on measures to alleviate the pressure on households, but it came with words of caution. Treasurer Jim Chalmers noted the “considerable uncertainty” that makes Australia’s future hard to forecast and called the global outlook “fraught and fragile”. Is it...