Yesterday
Shift tax incentives from property to enterprises to lift productivity
Readers’ letters on how to encourage business investment; excess government; digital currency and the RBA; Senate solutions; ALP woes; duck hunting; and energy inequality.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Jobs data and big-spending governments mean RBA can’t follow Fed
The labour market is softening only at a glacial pace, thanks in no small part to strong public sector jobs growth. That leaves the RBA in a bind.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Australian economy
CEOs who spend less time trying to be liked are heard more often
When company bosses spent less time trying to be liked, they got listened to more often.
- John Roskam
RBA to keep interest rates high after employment jumps 47,000
Economists said the solid jobs numbers meant Australia would not be in a rush to reduce borrowing costs despite a jumbo cut in the US overnight.
- Updated
- Michael Read
‘Slam dunk’: Fed cuts rates by half of a percentage point
The US Federal Reserve chose a larger interest rate reduction to kick off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Cybersecurity for the C-suite, not just the IT crowd
At Tuesday’s Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit, the corporate regulator warned boards and managers against “cyberwashing”.
- The AFR View
Daniel’s glaring emissions omission
Readers’ letters on the energy transition; university research; the pace of reform; and the performance of Olympic rowers
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor needs to listen to its reform legends again
The frequent references to reform heroes just underscore the message at the BCA dinner that government and business need each other.
- The AFR View
Blame WFH – not foreign students – for the housing shortage
The major driver of Australia’s rental shortage is not a surge in foreign students, but a sharp rise in households with spare rooms and home offices, experts say.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Productivity
Why dwindling productivity is a big deal for superannuation
Despite having one of the largest pension schemes in the world, the start-ups that can drive productivity aren’t getting the financial support they need.
- Allegra Spender
- Opinion
- US election
What Trump or Harris would mean for global markets and Australia
Tariffs are unlikely to have a direct impact on Australian trade, but changes to US trade policy may have a larger effect on our ambition to diversify our export base.
- Susan Stone
- Opinion
- Leading Indicators
The ‘insolvency armageddon’ is all hype
Concern about the record number of company failures is not only overblown, but the surge in businesses going bust is probably a good thing.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Fix low productivity or get used to high inflation for longer
The economy is in an unusual bind. The only way out is to reverse Australia’s dismal productivity performance.
- Paul Bloxham
Why shouldn’t Australia capitalise on its abundance of uranium?
Readers’ letters on the role of nuclear energy; horses at risk in violent protests; and new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws that threaten to drive out accountants.
- Analysis
- Interest rates
Chalmers’ RBA dilemma: how much Greens is too much for investors?
Former central bankers say foreign investors who buy Australian government bonds, equities and currency will pay attention to the political standoff over the RBA board.
- John Kehoe
- Exclusive
- Interest rates
Surprise government spending blowout hits $70b
Treasury may have underestimated a state and federal government budget spending splurge by $70 billion, which a string of economists warn will add to inflation.
- Updated
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A reform to face the test of an ageing Australia
It is encouraging that the two main parties have tackled such a fundamental challenge to the nation in a bipartisan way.
- The AFR View
Housing’s vicious cycle | US debate’s investor clues | Lithium rollercoaster
This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James and Anthony examine why housing is eating the economy, decipher what the presidential debate really means for investors, and explain why it’s a fascinating time for the lithium sector.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Chalmers dumps his fiscal profligacy onto the RBA
The government has its foot on the spending pedal while the Reserve Bank tries standing on the brakes. There is no sign of the co-ordination that has been called for.
- Michael Stutchbury
Hard truth behind soft inflation target
Readers’ letters on the timing of inflation targeting; the appeal of the teals; the energy transition; and Donald Trump’s focus on cats