Abandoning tax cuts would hit most Aussie workers
Those calling for stage three tax cuts to be abandoned are really calling for big tax increases on you.
Terry McCrann
Time to hold fire on rates as shoppers feel the pinch
Michele Bullock has made her point about reining in inflation, but a slump in retail spending should kill off any thoughts of another rate hike next week.
Will Albanese drive BHP away?
BHP can invest anywhere in the world. The Albanese government’s ‘same job, same pay’ industrial relations reforms risk driving that investment offshore.
Bullock gets her deputy at last
Finally the RBA governor Michele Bullock has a deputy governor by her side. Now for the ‘Clayton’s’ overhaul of the organisation.
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Can we just have the trainee Treasurer back?
Jim Chalmers seeks to set himself up as one of the great economic thinkers of our times. He’s anything but.
The big share punt on two key pivots
Traders are watching the US Fed’s next interest rate move with an eagle eye.
Why 50 points now means less pain later
Domestic issues are starting to play a bigger part in the inflation calculation, but the RBA still needs to be decisive.
Hot inflation paints the RBA into a corner
Looking at the numbers, the RBA should go back to a 50-point rate rise but as inflation came under its November forecast, it’s likely the governor won’t go that hard.
JB and Myer: retailers set up for future wins
Myer is roaring back to life, and there’s much to learn from the strategy of its boss and that of fellow traveller JB Hi-Fi.
David Hains: the quiet billionaire checks out
David Hains was a billionaire of the old school – eschewing the limelight and fads for a more fundamental view of the world.
‘Latest’ jobs data is already hopelessly out of date
The ‘latest’ jobs data released by the ABS is five or six weeks old and tells us about a time that has already disappeared into the dustbin of history.
Gas mess will get worse and wider
The federal government’s Soviet-style attempt to control both the price and supply of gas will have seriously damaging impacts way beyond the immediate pain imposed on consumers and businesses.
Albanese’s gas mess just the first of many
With a trainee treasurer and a PM who hasn’t a clue about the most basic interest rate in the economy, it’s no surprise that the government’s scheme to cap gas prices is such a mess.
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Seven days in February will shake markets
How investors react to interest rate decisions and inflation data in the first week of February will determine market dynamics for the rest of the year.
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