Challenges ahead as we overcome pandemic
The Australian economy has weathered the Covid-19 storm spectacularly well. But stress is now creeping into our economic system.
Economics
Long hours still the key to success
Are we creating a new age of work hesitancy? Young bankers need to work 12 hours a day, six days a week if they are to climb up the ranks on Wall Street.
Peering over the cliff edge
Rich countries may soon find out if economic scars were avoided, or merely deferred.
Vaccine holdouts face restrictions in Europe
Proof of vaccination is increasingly required to enter restaurants and other public spaces.
Recovery accelerates, but Delta clouds outlook
Parts of the world are expected to surge in coming months as red-hot US growth begins to ease.
Berejiklian’s lockdown will drag us all down
Before our eyes we have a real-time case study of whether we can go back to a normal pre-2020 life with the virus and the vaccine.
Busy 12 months on the ‘to do’ list
Regulator in chief Rod Sims has set five goals for the ACCC which if achieved will have a lasting impact on corporate Australia.
Ten years on top for competition chief
Rod Sims will soon chalk up a tenacious decade heading Australia’s competition and consumer regulator? What more for the ACCC?
Firms face ruin but recession unlikely
NSW chief economist warns small businesses are likely to go broke, JobKeeper needed to stem job losses as a result of Sydney’s ongoing lockdown.
Recession talk too early, says CBA
The Commonwealth Bank is seeing a rise, but not a flood, of requests for home loan repayment pauses, as the economy braces for a Covid-19 hit.
RBA plan won’t cool property prices
So-called ‘macroprudential’ moves to rein in the amount banks lend in property worked in the last cycle – this time it will be different.
Five-point plan to prevent hard landing post-lockdown
Business losses don’t magically stop the moment a government calls time on a lockdown. We need a business support strategy to cover reopening.
Jobs to be axed as lockdowns bite
The spreading coronavirus is hurting business operations and prompting calls for governments to step in.
Lockdown could become ‘permanent’: economist
Failure to tame Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak over the coming week could mean the city’s lockdown remains a ‘permanent feature’ that will end only when most are fully vaccinated later this year.
Greensill debt claims balloon to $5bn
The Greensill family has emerged as a creditor to the collapsed global financier headed by former Bundaberg farmer Lex Greensill.
Retail sales dive as shoppers kept home
Victoria led a much larger than anticipated $575m fall in retail turnover ahead of what is expected to be an even more difficult July.
High cost of a Games win
Winning the host rights to the 2032 Olympics is only the start of a marathon.
Wine sales to China slump as tariffs bite
The once booming $1.3 billion wine export market to China has collapsed, but drinkers in Britain are enjoying more Australian wine to buttress the local industry.
PM backs a bounce back from heavy blow
Scott Morrison has assured Australians that the economy will bounce back from the ‘heavy blow’ dealt by the latest round of restrictions.
NSW takes us all back to hard landing
The NSW lockdown is clearly going to be seriously punishing – and not just for that state but right across the country.
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