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There can be nothing Jim Chalmers will hear next month that he could not have learned from company reports and a friendly meeting with the ACTU.

Grand coalition on cards for Chalmers’ economic summit

With the three-day roundtable a month away, Labor is rushing to form a written agenda with themes and policy areas to guide the talks.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Australian workers have been robbed of $500,000 by the slowdown in productivity over the past 25 years, according to former Treasury head Ken Henry.

Australians robbed of half a million dollars each: Henry

Anthony Albanese is holding a three-day talkfest next month to find ways to lift productivity levels. Ken Henry says poor productivity has already cost Australians $500,000.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley
While businesses hope to win a cut in the corporate tax rate at the government’s economic roundtable, many firms just want the tax system simplified.

Want a slice of GST with your tiramisu? Businesses press for simpler tax

While big businesses are pressing the federal government for lower taxes, they also want an answer – do I pay GST on my chocolate-flavoured yoghurt?

  • Shane Wright
Illustration: Michael Mucci

If it’s broke, nationalise it? Sadly, that’s broken thinking

It’s back to the future: suddenly there’s a cry for government to step in whenever things fail. If only it was that easy.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Listen: Is the RBA misleading us, or are they confused themselves?

Mortgagees were disappointed and economists shocked this week as interest rates were held, despite what was predicted. How did everyone get it so wrong?

  • Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal

Why ‘scarred’ home owners are choosing to spend more and save less

This week’s decision by the RBA to deny Australians a cut in interest rates might have felt bad, but our hip pocket decisions are telling a different story.

  • Shane Wright
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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock explains the decision not to cut interest rates on Tuesday.

How everyone got the RBA’s interest rate call wrong

Almost every analyst, investor and borrower expected a rate cut from the Reserve Bank on Tuesday. So why was their confidence so misplaced?

  • Shane Wright
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock after the RBA board decided to keep rates on hold.

Split Reserve Bank shocks economists, banks and households by holding rates steady

For the first time in its history, the RBA board has openly split over the direction of interest rates.

  • Shane Wright
Michele Bullock … looking for certainty in an uncertain world.

The number the RBA needs to cut your mortgage payments

Dodgy inflation numbers. Strength in the jobs market. Donald Trump. Take your pick as to what delayed a likely interest rate cut.

  • Shane Wright
Governor Michele Bullock is expected by all of the nation’s biggest banks to announce an interest rate cut next week.

We didn’t get that rate relief, but Australia remains the lucky country

By several measures Australia is sitting in a sweet spot relative to many – if not most – other countries.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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