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Businesses ditch diesel, green equipment surges
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Australian businesses are rapidly shifting away from diesel, with new NAB data showing a 32 per cent surge in demand for green equipment finance in just six months.
Australian consumer spending remained steady in May, supported by a recovery in discretionary categories, according to the latest NAB Consumer Spend Trend.
At a time when many banks are scaling back face-to-face services, NAB is going the other way. It’s opening a new branch in Westfield Kotara and introducing Newcastle’s first full-service Saturday banking.
The next move in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate is likely to be down, but the timing remains uncertain, according to the latest NAB Economics RBA Watch.
Cost and price pressures eased in May, while business confidence lifted off a low base and conditions held steady, according to the latest NAB Monthly Business Survey.
NAB has been recognised as Australia’s leading corporate and institutional relationship bank in the 2026 Coalition Greenwich Voice of Client studies 1, an independent assessment based on direct feedback from customers.
Senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson sits down with NAB CEO Andrew to discuss the government’s proposed changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing, and reveals the three things he believes Australia needs to do to remain prosperous over the next 50 years.