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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

‘Everything will be worse under Dutton’: Chalmers on the economic attack

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has intensified his attack on the Coalition as the latest polling showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in the lead.

  • Millie Muroi

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Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton.

Coalition MPs want Trump-style ‘Australia first’ economics pitch

Conservative critics say the Coalition’s economic agenda is tissue-thin. There are mounting calls to go big and bold before the Reserve Bank lowers interest rates.

  • Paul Sakkal
Few people are tuned into both the cutting edge of research and the front line of policymaking.

Two Aussie economists wanted more say in policy. Here’s how they got it

They did it by breaking a decades (or perhaps centuries) old habit of sticking to their lanes – and it’s paying off.

  • Millie Muroi
As Trump prepares to enter office this month, it’s unclear what his proposed policies could mean for Australia.

What does Trump 2.0 mean for Australia? We asked 40 economists

The US president-elect’s 2024 campaign was arguably the most unconventional in the nation’s history, and his policies are likely to follow suit.

  • Graham Cooke
The Australian dollar’s exchange rate is affected by things like commodity prices, relative interest rates and relative inflation.

The Aussie dollar has hit a five-year low. Here’s what it means for you

Why is the Australian dollar weakening, what does it mean for inflation, and how does it affect the government as it heads towards an election?

  • Millie Muroi
In 2022-23, the Mint made more than 110 million Australian coins. The year before that, it made more than 134 million. In 2023-24, it made about 47 million.

The coin that Australia’s ‘Uber for cash’ wants to kill

Millions of coins sit in wallets, banks, cash register tills, back pockets and underneath sofa cushions – and they face an unknown fate.

  • Millie Muroi
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Home value growth has likely passed its peak according to CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless.

The good news for renters and the bad news for mortgagors

Australian property values crept up 4.9 per cent across 2024 but the year ended on a sour note.

  • Millie Muroi
US debt-to-GDP ratios, which compares general government debt to the size of the economy, are expected to grow to 94.4 per cent by the end of 2011, Fitch says

The dirtiest word in economics is neither good nor bad

It gets politicians and the public agitated, but managing this essential element of every economy is crucial to nation building.

  • Allison Schrager

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

If and when the RBA does cut interest rates, it will provide relief to millions. But it will also bring sighs of despair from others.

  • Shane Wright
The International Monetary Fund says a major package of changes, from tax to land supply, is needed to make Australian housing more affordable.

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

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