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- Oil
Trump’s billionaire oil industry donors aren’t getting what they wished for
The US president said “drill, baby, drill” but his tariffs tanked the commodity’s price and they could reduce, not increase, production.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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‘Trump is doing permanent damage’: What’s got global market leaders spooked?
The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.
- Colby Smith
- Opinion
- Australia votes
After polling day, our leaders will come clean about the trouble we’re in
By pretending that a planet-scale upheaval is not happening, our political leaders are not helping Australia deal with it.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Elon Musk
The MAGA crew is waving white flags towards the Fed, China and Tesla investors
Tuesday wasn’t a great day for Donald Trump and his MAGA mates. But it was a great day for financial markets.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
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Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank
Meetings of two of the world’s key multilateral organisations this week will be overshadowed by the prospect that the US will withdraw from the institutions it helped create.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege
I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?
Five Australian cities are now among world’s top 20 most expensive
The International Monetary Fund says nothing short of major reform can change the fact that Australian housing, across all international metrics, is some of the most expensive in the world.
- Shane Wright
Global bloodshed biggest threat to economic recovery: Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used an address to the International Monetary Fund to warn growing military conflicts pose a risk to the global economy.
- Shane Wright
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The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart
In the US and Russia this week, two meetings are being held at a critical moment for the global economy. In the background is Donald Trump.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
IMF says Australia’s high interest rates are ‘essential’ – and may rise again
The “last mile” in Australia’s inflation battle is proving more drawn-out than expected, the IMF has found, raising the possibility of another rate rise.
- Millie Muroi
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