Matt Wade
Senior economics writer
Matt Wade is a senior economics writer at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Foreign aid
The number in the federal budget most Australians get wrong
Polling reveals many are “quite alarmed” when they find out how little the government really spends helping poorer nations.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Housing crisis
The hidden downside to Sydney’s love affair with shiny new trains
NSW has fallen behind other states in delivering new housing – and our infrastructure boom is one reason why.
- by Matt Wade
These charts show why Australians are the world’s biggest losers
Gambling is rampant in Australia. No wonder when the industry lobbies politicians so well to stymie reforms.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Australian economy
The crucial measure dragging down the NSW economy
The cost-of-living crunch now appears to be hitting NSW harder than other states. Here’s why.
- by Matt Wade
Top Sydney unis are the biggest targets of the student cap. It will cost the state billions
UNSW and Sydney University will be forced to slash their international enrolments by more than 40 per cent. This is how we got here and what it means.
- by Daniella White and Matt Wade
Opinion
US Votes 2024
What will happen to your mortgage if ‘tariff man’ Trump wins the White House
Many countries would respond to Trump’s tariff hike with tit-for-tat trade restrictions. That would increase the cost of goods and services traded internationally, stoking inflation.
- by Matt Wade
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Skills shortage
The fixable problem that would boost wages and deliver $9b extra for economy
About 44 per cent of permanent migrants, including Fatin Alrawi, are working below their qualification level. The economic cost is huge.
- by Matt Wade
‘A greater risk for employees’ in Sydney: Our economic challenge in three charts
NSW is an economic and business powerhouse. But higher interest rates and a disproportionately large share of insolvencies is putting that to the test.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Housing crisis
The shocking figure that reveals the depth of Sydney’s housing crisis
Sydney desperately needs houses, so why are more builders going broke than in any other industry?
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Sydney Metro
How new metro line links Sydneysiders to the rest of the globe
The new metro is overlaid along what’s known as Sydney’s global economic corridor and will help power more than 41 per cent of the state’s economic output.
- by Matt Wade
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