Business
The economy
How much you earn is not always reflected by the suburb you live in
Stark differences between the wages people take home across Sydney’s suburbs has been revealed by new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Latest
Analysis
Trade wars
What Donald Trump's trade war with China means for you
For Australia, the main immediate risk is reduced foreign demand for our exports.
- by Jessica Irvine
Trade wars
'Deeply disturbing': Ken Henry's warning on Trump's trade war
The intensifying trade war has sparked warnings about the local impact.
- by Mathew Dunckley & Kirsty Needham
Editorial
Trump's trade war is a growing global risk
Surely it is in our best interests to pursue a more clearly outlined, multilateral vision of the future of trade.
Budgeting
Two in three think children will be 'worse off' than their parents
A majority of Australians think economic conditions are 'good' but most fear their children will be worse off.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
How market forces have failed the nation
Introducing the market into services previously provided by the government hasn’t worked out the way the reformers hoped.
- by Ross Gittins
RBA
WA economy improving but weak spots persist, RBA board told
In the minutes of this month's RBA board meeting released Tuesday the board noted conditions in WA had improved after the drop in resource investment.
- by Hamish Hastie
Property prices
First annual home price fall in six years
Capital city house prices fell 0.7 per cent nationally in the three months to June.
- by Marnie Banger
Opinion
Trade
Trump has put a gun to China's head and we're in the crossfire
Donald Trump's simplistic view of trade is dangerous not only to China, Australia and the rest of Asia, it's going to hurt his own country too.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Energy
Government intervention in electricity may push power prices up: S&P
The government's threat to intervene in the electricity market may initially cut power bills but the failure to establish a national energy policy will drive up costs later.
- by Cole Latimer & Peter Hannam
Analysis
World markets
'We don't have any strategy to deal with it': experts warn next recession could rival the Great Depression
The world’s major economies are skating on dangerously thin ice and lack the tools to fight the next downturn.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard