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Donald Trump
If Trump wins, Australia’s economy tanks
World-leading research into Donald Trump’s key economic policies shows they would cause huge damage to the US – and Australia wouldn’t escape unscathed.
- by Shane Wright
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Opinion
Interest rates
Why this famous recession predictor might be wrong this time
A closely watched indicator is signalling that the US is on track to avoid a recession. But these are anything but normal times.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
AI
Europe’s elites in a panic over economic death spiral
Europe’s next great error is already in the making as its economic problems deepen.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
‘Doom loop’: China is facing a lost decade
China’s economic problems are spiralling as its citizens tighten their belts and investors pull billions of dollars out of the country.
- by Szu Ping Chan
China’s ‘harsh winter’ spells turbulent economic times for Australia
President Xi Jinping’s push to end reliance on property-led growth has profound implications for the steel industry and is sending out global shockwaves.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Australian economy
China can’t rescue the global economy this time
The global economy is sputtering and an “enormous error” in the US just ramped up the pressure. We can’t rely on China to fix things.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Analysis
Analysis
The Rocky Mountains meeting that has the world on edge
The world’s central bankers are gathering in Wyoming this week. They find themselves more divided than perhaps any time since before the pandemic.
- by Swati Pandey, Mark Schroers, Tom Rees and Garfield Reynolds
Opinion
Inside China
What Australia needs from China – more building, more babies
China’s deflating property bubble and declining birth rate are, at last, grabbing the attention of Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Sharemarket
Was the flash crash a false alarm or a sign of worse to come?
The carnage on financial markets seems to have ended as quickly as it started. The fragility of the global economy remains.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
World markets
Butterfly effect: What sparked the global market meltdown
We are being shown just how vulnerable to surprises financial markets are.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump trades: Markets are betting against Europe, oil and humanity
How would one have “priced” global markets in 1912 or 1937, when the writing already was on the wall, but nothing was predetermined, and one could still hope? Worth pondering.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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