Thursday 16 January 2025

Falling household spending puts pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. 

And more, including:

• Relations between Canberra and Moscow hit a decade low on reports an Australian soldier was executed in Russia. 

• A new global report says too many people are being diagnosed with obesity, and it's not for health reasons. 

• Plus Telstra pushes into AI, a bidding war for one of Australia’s oldest homebuilders, and the US regulator sues Elon Musk over his purchase of Twitter.

Plus don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - back to school on a budget. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.