More jobs, but more jobless
The jobs numbers project once again the exquisite failure of Australia’s population-led profitless economy.
Terry McCrann
CBA delivers again, for investors and customers
CBA continues to show its strength as one of the world’s most profitable banks, with shareholders and customers sharing the spoils.
Wages keep us on RBA path
Wages and productivity are the real pressures when it comes to which way the RBA breaks next.
JB’s clever E&S play
JB Hi Fi’s purchase of E&S will bring one of Australia’s great retail brands in head-to-head combat with bathroom and plumbing giant Reece for the first time.
More Stories
Hike on hold as labour market teeters
The RBA’s next move appears all but certain, but the latest jobless data shows how keeping a lid on both inflation and layoffs remains a delicate balancing act.
Lucky country turns very stupid
The CFMEU crisis is the latest in a long line of Labor failings that has left ordinary Australians short-changed.
Rio’s messy dip into Guinea ore
Rio’s decision to build another iron ore mine in Guinea – to compete directly with its mines in the Pilbara – is shaping up as another risky move.
‘Rod the God’: Carnegie nation’s first modern CEO
Sir Roderick Carnegie came to the top job at mining group CRA exactly as Australia began to change so dramatically in the 1970s and he both rode and helped mould that change.
Time to stop passing the buck
Treasurer Jim Chalmers needs to take a close look in the mirror to see the real reason Aussies are doing it tough.
The evil of inflation deepens
A nasty new edge to the pain of inflation has emerged in recent years, widening the gap between the haves and the have nots.
State budgets: ugly to ultra-ugly
Queenslanders should take the money and run – straight to the ballot box in October, to throw out the incumbent Miles-Dick government.
The voting irony in Costello’s fall
Peter Costello has enjoyed the sort of support from shareholders he could have only dreamt about as a politician. Too bad no one’s asking them what they think.
Earth to RBA; Why people matter
The federal government’s `mad, bad and dangerous’ population growth won’t be able to hide the fundamental issues with the economy.
Economy sick, Labor at fault
The GDP numbers were about as good as a truly awful lot of numbers about a dreadful state of play can be.
Original URL: https://www.themercury.com.au/business/terry-mccrann/page/3