Currencies
Analysis
Big four
Why you’re being charged too much to send money overseas
The big four banks continue to charge more for international transfers than many of their rivals, prompting calls for fresh regulation.
- by John Collett
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Opinion
Sharemarket
Was the flash crash a false alarm or a sign of worse to come?
The carnage on financial markets seems to have ended as quickly as it started. The fragility of the global economy remains.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Donald Trump
Trump’s deluded desire for a lower US dollar
Weakening the US dollar would inject massive uncertainty and volatility into the global economy and will be bad news for open economies like Australia’s.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Column 8
The puzzling ways of the early riser
And the enduring passion of the Australian Olympian.
Trump-Vance presidency could herald a new era for the US dollar
In most cases, Trump likes his policies to be “strong,” but when it comes to the value of the US currency, he has long expressed a different view.
- by Alan Rappeport
Opinion
Government debt
Macron’s snap election could trigger the next debt crisis
This weekend’s elections have the potential to blow out France’s debt and threaten the stability of the eurozone and its single currency.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
China’s bid to topple the US has hit a wall
The 21st century was meant to be China’s time to dethrone the US as the world’s leading economy. Not so fast.
- by Daniel Moss
Opinion
Opinion
The US dollar is making a comeback at China’s expense
The demise of the US dollar has been predicted so often it has been taken as an established truth. It may or may not be true in the long term – but for now, the greenback is back in favour.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Banknotes featuring Charles will be rare as cash is no longer king
Financial and environmental considerations mean new British notes bearing King Charles’ portrait will be few and far between for some time.
- by Tom Rees
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