Chris Richardson
Chris Richardson is an independent economist
Opinion
HECS
Why Albanese’s HECS gift is a reverse-Robin Hood
If we give a $16 billion tax break to people on higher incomes who went to university, then we’ll have to get that pound of flesh from the people who didn’t.
- by Chris Richardson
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Employment
We are now in a vaudeville economy where bad news is good news
There’s a good chance that there’s enough bad news around on family finances that the government handouts won’t push up interest rates.
- by Chris Richardson
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Federal budget
Albanese’s big funding problem has been diagnosed but not yet cured
The government says it will deliver $74 billion in savings from NDIS spending across a decade. But it’s not yet apparent how this will be done.
- by Chris Richardson
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Interest rates
I hope the Easter bunny was good to you, because chances are the Reserve Bank won’t be
The ups and downs of interest rates mean more to Australian families than they do to virtually anyone else on the planet.
- by Chris Richardson
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Cost of living
The PM wants ideas to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. Here’s one...
Halving import taxes might help the government achieve its aim of easing pressure from the cost of living without also pushing up inflation.
- by Chris Richardson
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Australian economy
Struggling with rising prices? Time to remember why you hate economists
Although the politics of “doing something” to help Australians deal with rising prices are good, the economics are bad. Here’s why.
- by Chris Richardson
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Private banking
Despite 10 billion reasons to hate the banks, it’s not that simple
In these times of ‘greedflation’, businesses like the CBA have too much power to push up prices. But wages growth will outpace prices in the years ahead. You can bank on it.
- by Chris Richardson
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Property market
Negative gearing isn’t the problem – it’s NIMBYs like me
This nation has been strangling the future of younger Australians for decades. But the wheel is finally starting to turn.
- by Chris Richardson
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Interest rates
Surprise! We’ve borrowed too much for unexpected rate hikes
The decisions of the RBA have never mattered as much to Australian families and businesses as they do today, and surprises – like Tuesday’s rate hike – are most unwelcome.
- by Chris Richardson
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Property market
The best house price forecast is the latest John Wick film
Despite being shot, stabbed and punched, house prices are already rising again. In fact, they’ve been rising since early February.
- by Chris Richardson
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Banking products
Even strangers are suddenly asking me if they should stuff their money under the mattress
The world has never jacked up the cost of borrowing this fast, so chances are something would go wrong.
- by Chris Richardson
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