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The economy
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Employment
If the RBA does its job, we might all hold on to ours
If Michele Bullock and the RBA board are committed to ensuring unemployment stays under control, the first move to lower interest rates should not be as far off as some fear.
- by Millie Muroi
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Electric vehicles
China is facing an electric car dilemma
China has some big decisions to make about its electric car industry. It can’t afford to get them wrong.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Cost of living
Australia’s generation gap: Default risk rising faster for under 30s
There are signs that higher interest rates and a slowing economy are now taking a disproportionate toll on young Australians.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Globalisation
Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that
It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Interest rates
Fed’s rate cut caution can’t spoil Wall Street party
The US central bank has dialled back expectations of rate cuts this year. The US sharemarket still hit another record overnight as investors bet on a soft landing for the world’s largest economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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World markets
‘Still too high’: Fed signals just one rate cut coming in 2024
Fed chief Jerome Powell says the central bank still needs to see more evidence that it is winning the war on inflation.
- by Jonnelle Marte
Opinion
US Votes 2024
The billionaires backing Trump have selective memories
Billionaires tend to get very creative with history when they explain their reasons for backing Trump’s bid to return to the White House.
- by Robert Burgess
Opinion
Trade wars
The US is turning up the heat on China
When Donald Trump was taking aim at all things made in China, he left a back door open. It now appears likely that Joe Biden will slam it shut.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Canada, Europe cut rates. Can Australia follow with monetary policy easing?
The path between taming inflation and avoiding a recession is narrow and getting narrower.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Manufacturing
Yikes! Our tiny manufacturing sector makes us rich but ugly
Did you realise that our manufacturing sector is the smallest among all the rich countries?
- by Ross Gittins
The tax office brawl that almost ended investigation of PwC scandal
The tax office faces fresh scrutiny over allegations that it actively attempted to derail the investigation that led to the banning of PwC’s Peter Collins for sharing sensitive government tax plans.
- by Colin Kruger
