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    Fed: Businesses pushing tariff costs onto customers

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    Businesses are looking for ways to push costs onto customers to deal with the early stages of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to a Federal Reserve report. Tariffs were a hot topic in the Fed report, mentioned 107 times, which is over double the number mentioned in the last Beige Book. The report also found the outlook “worsened considerably” in several regions as economic uncertaint

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    Copper Coast to welcome first cruise ship since 2019

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    The Copper Coast is preparing to welcome its first cruise ship since 2019 with the luxury Seabourn Quest. The ship is set to dock in the South Australian Town of Wallaroo in March 2027, which has long awaited the return of cruise ships. Wallaroo businesses welcome the announcement but are still awaiting further details. The town is home to 4,000 people, and the cruise ships stopping by in 20

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    US new home sales surge in March amid lower rates

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    Sales of new single-family homes in the United States rose sharply in March 2025, as homebuyers took advantage of a temporary dip in mortgage rates. However, ongoing concerns about economic growth and rising construction costs continue to cast a shadow over the housing market’s recovery. According to data released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Deve

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    Australian office funds post first gains since 2022

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    Office tower funds have had their first positive quarterly returns in over two years, following a pandemic-era increase in hybrid working. According to the MSCI/Mercer Australia Core Wholesale Monthly Property Fund Index, office funds holding more than $34 billion in assets saw a total return of 1.1 per cent total return for the first quarter of 2025. This is the first time since 2022 that t

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    Super Nation: Fate of controversial tax in doubt

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    Super Nation is a fortnightly column that examines, explains and analyses key issues in one of Australia's largest, fastest-growing and most important industries: superannuation. Jim Chalmers may not realise it, but Donald Trump may have sunk one of his biggest revenue-generating plans. The plunge in global share markets sparked by Trump’s tariff war with trading partners has exposed the ris

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