Tax promise will test Donald Trump's credibility
There's an interesting test of Donald Trump's presidency coming up tonight: does Wall Street think he has any credibility?
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Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
The next boom is under way – before another bust
A Caterpillar and Komatsu cavalry is arriving just in time to save the next two federal budgets.
Why so many people are leaving China
Iron ore prices are retreating again and the overall Chinese economy is growing less quickly, but one sector is skyrocketing.
What if inflation rises and wages don't?
We might seem to forget it sometimes, but Australia has more economic challenges than just Sydney and Melbourne housing prices.
A considerable show of 'doing something' about housing affordability
With a dash of true conservatism, Scott Morrison wants the vast majority of our housing market to keep doing just what it's been doing.
APRA's gift that keeps on giving for the banks
Hats off to Brian Hartzer for the use of understatement by declaring APRA's alleged crack down on real estate investors wouldn't have 'any particular profitability impact'.
Immigration may pay price for booming housing
It says plenty about the state of Australian politics that so much policy is viewed through the lens of Sydney and Melbourne housing affordability, writes Michael Pascoe.
Bums on seats driving the Sydney housing boom
Sydney has been our clear fly-in-fly-out capital ever since the resources investment boom peaked, but it's ramping up to a new level.
Politics ensures RBA's housing pushback is already failing
The bad news about the regulators' new attempts to hose down housing investment enthusiasm is that they are, at best, second rate.
Scott Morrison's Monty Python moment
It's a dangerous thing to talk a big game before taking the field. Treasurer Scott Morrison did that pre-departure for the weekend G20 finance ministers meeting in Germany. He's been left trying to claim a big loss was actually a win. Monty Python's dismembered Black Knight comes to mind.
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