This is not America's Independence Day, it should be ours
The GFC was quite scary at times. President Trump worries me much more.
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Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Rip-off kings: Payday loan gravy train rolls on
You know the hordes complaining about credit card interest rates of 22 or 23 per cent? They don't know what high interest rates are.
Three graphs that explain where rates are headed next
Crystal ball gazing is a tough job, but the central bank still has to do it.
The Gen Y housing crisis: it’s not just us Boomers
The east coast housing boom is feeding on itself – an expectation of higher prices because prices are higher.
The reality of a low interest rate, high house price world
The consensus is that we are stuck in a low inflation world for as far as the eye can see.
Australia’s biggest mission: stopping the stopped boats
Malcolm Turnbull's government have had it's political priorities clearly sorted over the weekend.
Ardent has failed at every step over the Dreamworld tragedy
Ardent Leisure copped stick in many quarters over its desire to reopen the Dreamworld amusement park on Friday.
Housing is ScoMo's favourite sort of problem – someone else's
At first glance, Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech on housing affordability might look like an improvement on his predecessor's "get a job, a job that pays well" advice. It's not.
Welcome to the bottom of interest rate cycle – we hope
There are some encouraging signs that the economy is starting to pick up and will pick up more over the next couple of years.
Beware tracking down a tracker home loan
What a funny little business the sudden interest in "tracker home loans" is – an apparent desire to have a home loan that immediately follows Reserve Bank cash rate movements just when there's a very good chance the next RBA move will be up.
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