Business
The economy
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.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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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
Opinion
Global economy
The great American boom is running out of steam, leaving mountains of debt
The US economy is slowing to a halt. Personal savings are way down. National debt is way up. Brace yourself for a hard landing.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Interest rates
The RBA has squeezed us like a lemon, but it’s still not happy
Maybe the Reserve Bank needs to see more blood on the street before it will believe we’re getting inflation back under control. If so, we’re running a bigger risk of recession than the central bank cares to admit.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Federal budget
Australia’s caught in a spin cycle. Thank goodness you’ve got me to slow it down
Politicians like to deploy spin doctors, and economists, to give you a version of the truth. It’s my job to make sure you’re not led astray, but it’s getting harder.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inflation
What’s happening in the economy is that no one’s sure what’s happening
After shocks including a global pandemic, war and supply chain disruptions, predicting the next move in our economy has become harder than we’re used to.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke
The US and its allies face a grim choice if China escalates tensions with Taiwan. It could lead to an economic catastrophe.
- by Philip Pilkington
The race on Melbourne’s outskirts to snap up a ‘good deal’ on property
Leaking pipes, windows without blinds and rising rents at their Noble Park home spurred Gelorah and Sharaniah to buy a block of land in a housing estate.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Federal budget
Australia’s future to be made under Treasury’s watchful eye
Treasury’s “national interest framework” in the planned Future Made in Australia Act provides stronger grounds for hoping that the oversight will keep the crazy decisions to a minimum.
- by Ross Gittins
Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA
There’s a new sign that the Perth elite are starting to tip over the line separating the merely rich from the fabulously so.
- by Harry Brumpton, Paul-Alain Hunt and Patrick Winters