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Tax reform
Our politicians aren’t acting their age. That’s a good thing
Among the childish bickering that goes on in our capital, there’s a glimmer of hope. It revolves around a three-letter word.
- by Millie Muroi
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Opinion
Global warming
How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet
Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Interest rates
Memo to RBA: If wages growth isn’t the problem, then what is?
The Reserve Bank of Australia is worried excessive growth in wages is keeping inflation above its target zone. But there’s absolutely no sign of that happening.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Employment
How can jobs and joblessness both be going up?
Unemployment in Australia has stayed unusually low, but what do the other signs of our jobs market tell us?
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Will Trump be disastrous for our economy? I doubt it
While the US prepares for a bout of serious self-harm that will affect the rest of the world economy, Australia is unlikely to be in the firing line.
- by Ross Gittins
The secret partnerships targeting financial crime
Australians lose $3 billion to financial crime each year, and with major compensation laws looming, law enforcement agencies are ready to go to war.
- by Sarah Danckert and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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US Votes 2024
‘Not permitted under the law’: Powell shuts down Trump questions as Fed cuts rates
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point while chair Jerome Powell addressed concerns about his future when Donald Trump returns to the White House.
- by Christopher Rugaber
Opinion
GDP
How we measure recession is wrong. Here’s a better way to do it
GDP is a flawed measure of the health of an economy at the best of times, and it’s time we paid attention to a different statistic.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Cost of living
You can blame Albanese for all our woes ... except the biggest one
The PM and his people have always known what needed doing. It’s just that, somewhere along the line, he seems to have lost his bottle.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Budget
We owe more than we realise to our best econocrats
Public servants such as former NSW Treasury secretary Percy Allan, who died last month, play a vital role in advancing voters’ interests behind the scenes.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How America’s rich and powerful let Donald Trump get away with it
The corporate world has either fallen silent or quietly “normalised” Donald Trump and it has unravelled the American democracy.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard