Terry McCrann

RBA heading towards new ‘no-cut’ February

AT the start of February then-RBA governor Glenn Stevens kicked off the final year of his tumultuous 10 years at the top of Martin Place by leaving the official interest rate unchanged, writes Terry McCrann.

Scott’s old-time AAA play

SCOTT Morrison has done a classic Paul Keating — push down on expectations and then over-deliver, writes Terry McCrann.

Numbers not beautiful but Triple-A stays

SCOTT Morrison has done enough to keep our triple-A credit rating. But that won’t necessarily save you from small increases in your home loan rate, writes Terry McCrann.

Trump reality will shape year

IN assessing what might be in store for the economy and for investments, it’s always important to look beyond the short term, writes Terry McCrann.

Why Janet Yellen is Santa Claus

WE’VE waited all year, but Fed head Janet Yellen has finally done it — and transformed the outlook for the entire world, says Terry McCrann.

How bad is Packer’s Hangover II?

NICOLAS Cage only did it once — James Packer has now done it twice, albeit in neither case quite as terminally, writes Terry McCrann.

Macquarie and KKR — it’s hardly Father Christmas

THE most intriguing — and important — question is what exactly do two of the cleverest and greediest ‘guys’ in the proverbial ‘room’ think they are going to get out of this play, writes Terry McCrann.

Next president is the Donald, stupid

WE know people in Canberra can be slow learners, but really, the US election was more than a month ago and in five weeks Trump will become president for at least four years, writes Terry McCrann.

Grounded in unreality

THE seemingly never-ending soap-opera-like saga of Sydney’s second airport is both a depressing comment on the way big infrastructure decisions are — badly — made in Australia, and at the same time a big red flashing light against the seductive suggestion we should embark on an infrastructure-building binge to boost the economy.