Bonza reality check: Qantas-ACCC stoush ancient history
Bonza’s failure was a reality check for Qantas and it’s time to move on from its stoush with the ACCC.
Terry McCrann
Powell’s re-pivot a lesson for central bankers
Jerome Powell has shown why central bankers should get out of the business of interest rate forecasting, and focus more on ‘doing’ and less on ‘saying’.
Be afraid, be very afraid
Jim Chalmers’ speech on Wednesday revealed the sort of insane dystopian future that will be built if the treasurer and his colleagues aren’t stopped.
There is no way rates are moving – either way
There is no way that Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock would lead her board to raise the official cash interest rate with the current abysmal levels of consumer spending.
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Bullock is not itching to hike
Relax – new RBA governor Michelle Bullock is not looking for any excuse under the sun to raise rates.
Directors should pick up Voice bill
Company directors who poured shareholder funds into the failed ‘Yes’ campaign should dip into their own pockets to cover the costs.
Inside the Macfarlane’s attack on RBA changes
Ex-RBA head Ian Macfarlane has kept up his public attack on proposed changes to the central bank which he says will ‘seriously weaken’ the ability of the current governor to do her job.
Goyder right to go, on his terms
Richard Goyder’s departure is a sensible balance of bending into the media-driven hysteria over Qantas and discharging his governance obligations.
Wall St says: Trust the Fed
The smartest guys in the Wall St room pondered long and deep and decided the Middle East ‘event’ over the weekend could only add to last Friday’s ‘good news’ jobs data.
Israel’s 9/11 will rock global investment markets
The Hamas attack has been described as Israel’s 9/11 and no-one can say how it is going to play out, except that for the global economy and investment markets it won’t end quickly or well.
Time will tell if cap raising good for small Star investors
Small shareholders in battered Star Entertainment have until next Thursday to decide whether they want to take a punt on its latest capital raising. Here’s what they should know.
Be alert not yet alarmed as shares head lower
What we are seeing in the US is a growing realisation, with real-world consequences, that the ‘Goldilocks scenario’ maybe ain’t going to be happening.
Bullock’s huge policy message
It will take a big jump in the quarterly inflation rate, above 1.5 per cent, to spark a rate hike at the RBA’s pivotal Melbourne Cup Day meeting next month.
Why Woodside’s Voice support will backfire
Woodside joined with much of the big end of town in supporting The Voice. But recent events show it could become one of the ‘Yes’ vote’s biggest losers.
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