Time for firms to come clean on climate risks
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” the former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, is fond of saying.
Economics
Melbourne auctions recover, Sydney resilient
The number of homes sold at auctions nationally held above the 75 per cent mark although activity was subdued in several states.
The great share gouge needs to stop
Will the corporate cop continue to allow mum and dad investors to be taken for a ride over share issues?
Fed all about Wall St as inflation gets going
The Fed might find itself confronting the challenge of surging inflation somewhat earlier than it thought: like two years earlier; as in, right now.
Inquiry could bring relief on Sydney tolls
Transurban chief executive Scott Charlton thinks he can do something about the high price on Sydney’s toll roads and keep his shareholders happy at the same time.
‘Banks must cover risk of bitcoin’
The regulator that sets banking rules around the world has thrown the book at cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
The jobless hot spots hardest hit by Covid
Jobless numbers in some suburbs and towns have almost doubled in five years as Covid crunched many Australians. See the list.
ANZ breaks ranks to tip an earlier RBA rate hike
The RBA says rates will stay low until 2024 at the earliest, but investors and now one of the major banks are betting it will be forced to pull the trigger sooner.
China slows bid to cut emissions
Authorities have limited the scope of a carbon-trading scheme as driving growth takes priority.
Lending wars spur SME spending spree
Interest rates on commercial loans are at all time lows according to business brokers, and firms are using the cheap rates to buy property, equipment and rivals.
Sky’s the limit as commercial drones take off
SPONSORED: Drones are forecast to save billions of dollars in costs for industry, putting Sphere Drones on path to rapid growth.
The last lockdown dribbles to its end
Once Victoria emerges from its now Clayton’s end to the latest lockdown, that must be it. Never again.
We can lead the world in cutting carbon emissions
I see six key steps towards achieving Australia’s energy transition.
Why gold should be in your portfolio
There are some very persuasive numbers around the case for gold as an investment choice.
Nations’ wealth gap expected to widen
Bank projects fastest economic rebound in 80 years, but uneven vaccine distribution is hurting low-income countries.
Under pressure, but cash economy survives
Cashless trade is on the rise, but in key areas the cash economy is hanging on, as some older Australians still hoard money at home.
Red flag: Insolvencies on the rise as economic recovery stalls
The wind back of stimulus measures has hurt small and medium businesses more than expected, a new assessment has found.
Shifting the dial requires leadership
It has its hands full with Covid, but Canberra can’t ignore our sluggish productivity.
Economy back to something that wasn’t that good
Canberra’s mindset is more about congratulating itself for restoring the economy to anaemic growth, rather than to pre-1960 productivity.
‘Don’t abandon fiscal constraint’
One of the government’s top economic advisers has warned the country risks complacency over the costs of ‘ever-expanding debt and deficit’.
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