Business
The economy
Opinion
Interest rates
Trump is set to put the blowtorch to an old enemy
Donald Trump is demanding lower interest rates as soon as possible. He is likely to be disappointed – and an old foe will feel the brunt of his displeasure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Opinion
Population
Should we really go forth and multiply?
A drop in migration and a global slide in birth rates won’t stop Australia’s population growth. That will come with its challenges.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Property market
How bad is Sydney’s housing crisis? It’s an early sign of economic decline
Affordability isn’t just about young people staying at home longer than they might want to. It’s an alert for a brewing catastrophe.
- by Robert Pradolin
Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price
Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Billionaires
The MAGA movement is out to get Elon Musk – and so is China
The world’s richest man is flying too close to the sun.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Property market
How housing went from being a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market
The tight housing market supply that was responsible for two years of significant gains in national house prices is turning on its head.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Fertility
Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer
Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Trade wars
Trump’s ‘day one’ promise has been broken
Donald Trump had threatened to launch an economic war on the world on the first day of his new presidency. He has backed down - for now.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Saving Sydney
I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear
Two types of blockage have played unpleasant roles in my housing affordability awakening. Here’s what we need to do differently.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Trump's White House
The $58 trillion shadow hanging over Trump’s return
Donald Trump’s inauguration and expectations of the tumult he will release on day one of his administration have deflected attention from the emergence of a familiar threat to US stability.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Billionaires
‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires
Twenty Australians hold twice as much wealth as the bottom two million households.
- by Matt Wade
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