Global economy
From Gaga to tradwives: Signs of economic doom, according to the internet
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Australian economy is on the up and up, but social media tells a different tale. Welcome to the world of “recession indicators”.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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- Interest rates
Fed keeps interest rates on hold, warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’
The Fed said it still anticipates two rate cuts by the end of the year but chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy is “unusually elevated” as it waits to see the impact of Trump’s policies.
- Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
Can Australian small businesses survive Trump turmoil?
Donald Trump has roiled markets and economies across the globe with his policies. What does it mean for Australia’s small businesses?
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence
Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- Opinion
- Oil
More than ‘a little disturbance’: Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price
This week, OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production, pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
‘Almost unavoidable’: Trump has America on the road to a deep recession
Donald Trump’s assault on the US federal government and the global economy have together reached a tipping point.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Australia close to breaking China’s critical mineral stranglehold
Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems, electric vehicles and clean energy transition.
- Simon Johanson
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
In 50 years, Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote
No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well, no, not really.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Inside China
China just waved a $1.6 trillion red rag at Trump
A week before Donald Trump regains the White House with a cabinet full of trade hawks, China has released figures sure to enrage the incoming president.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why
More tragedy and turmoil is inevitable in 2025 but even so, for millions and millions of people around the globe, things are getting measurably better.
- Matt Wade
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