Alas for free trade
Conflict, going green and a returned Trump threaten global commerce.
Crypto is useless money
Even central bank digital currency can’t go mainstream
China’s economic handicap
The Communist party’s self-interest blocks needed fixes
Killing productivity
How central bankers have got it wrong on interest rates
Our foreign debt time bomb
An explosion threatens when interest rates rise
Usurping the dollar
US rivals are desperate to create an alternate reserve currency
Global bond yields soar
Crunch time looms for the indebted
US protectionism backfires
China retaliates
Trouble brewing in US finances
Congress can’t rein in government spending
Central banks are fake climate heroes
Changing weather patterns and ‘stranded assets’ don’t trigger systemic financial crises
Commercial property cops comeuppance
The pandemic is largely to blame
China’s economy is stalling
The country’s economic splutter will be noticed around the world
Central banks need laxer inflation targets
The cost of reducing inflation to 2 per cent seems too high
‘I’m baaaack!’
How government intervention has returned to cripple the West
Going green will roil world politics
The global consequences of the renewable drive will complicate, even retard, the switch
The US debt showdown
Repeated brinkmanship over a US default weaken the global financial system
A Budget surplus would pose a political dilemma for Albanese and Chalmers
Those who cite Gough Whitlam as among Australia’s greatest Prime Ministers have a response when his critics point to his…
Why central banks will struggle to conquer inflation
Interest rates could be higher for longer than people expect
Why an Australian recession is almost guaranteed, even in a benign world
In 2019, Australia’s economy was stalling. House prices were declining even though mortgage rates were only about 3.25 per cent.…
