Why this was the year economists all got wrong
Mining millions, but weak growth. No wonder our panel failed to predict 2016-17.
Peter Martin is the economics editor for The Age, based at Parliament House
Mining millions, but weak growth. No wonder our panel failed to predict 2016-17.
Australia faces a "small but non-zero" chance of a recession in the next two years according to the BusinessDay expert forecasting panel.
It'll be a year of making do, with the economy too flat to justify a rate rise, in the view of the BusinessDay forecasting panel.
Some of the census questions are next to useless.
Australians born of Australian parents will soon be a minority.
The 2016 census spotlights the growing proportion of people in Australia for whom renting is their normal relationship to the housing market.
Home ownership hits lows not seen since the fifties, while a record number of properties are vacant.
Here's a guide to the Finkel Review, in case, like Tony Abbott, you haven't read it.
Most of us think high earners pay too little, corporations pay too little, and what we pay is about right.
With a dizzying array of positions, how's anyone supposed to invest?
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