Budget in surplus an election game changer
Prime Minister Scott Morrison deserves considerable credit for the best fiscal result since December 2008, saving home owners an interest rate hike.
Listen to what German bonds are telling us
If the world economy topples over into a deflationary vortex, central bankers have very little firepower left to fight back. Listen to the bund, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.
Sony's back on track and worth a play for investors
The Japanese conglomerate is fighting off Google, focusing on higher margins and recurring sources of revenue.
A litigation wave may not fix bank trust
A series of expensive tests of the law in the wake of Hayne may not bring a better credit system.
Never confuse luck with smart investing
Investors need to beware of how highlighting one person's one winning trade is an invitation to trouble - and losing money.
Tax cuts get RBA backing
The Reserve Bank is giving the Morrison government the green light for tax cuts in next week's budget.
Letters: Paul Keating, climate change, franking credits, NSW election
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Tuesday March 26, 2019.
The end of the techtopian dream
Facebook may be regulated the way its real-world competitors are regulated, and not with the special "safe harbour" treatment which technolo...
How to do business in China
Warwick Smith's latest appointment is chairman of the Business Council's new China Leadership Group - a sensitive issue given the political ...
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tony boyd
The dollar holds the key to systemic risk
A pro-cyclical currency like the Australian dollar can cause havoc when markets tank.
phillip coorey
It's every man for himself
If you are in any doubt how the Coalition has misread the politics of climate change and how concerned the Liberals are about Victoria, look at the recent change in language and behaviour.
adele ferguson
ACCC has $170b franchising sector in its sights
It is time for both sides of politics to step up and fix a sector that has been crying out for reform for decades.
jennifer hewett
How to do business in China
Warwick Smith's latest appointment is chairman of the Business Council's new China Leadership Group - a sensitive issue given the political tensions in the Australia-China relationship
jonathan shapiro
Kraft a rare stumble for Buffett, Douglass
Investors in Kraft Heinz have learnt a valuable lesson - Warren Buffett doesn't get everything right. The Kraft Heinz crash is also a blow, albeit a manageable one, for Hamish Douglass' Magellan.
michael smith
The best stories CEOs have told me
Alan Joyce's lowest point was when a Jack Russell terrier started biting his ankles during a live television cross while he was being abused by the dog's owner.
matthew stevens
Squadron still plans to land Kembla gas project
Andrew Forrest's gas import project for NSW has lost its CEO, but Stuart Johnston says that does not mean he is working on a disappearing project.
laura tingle
Lot of bad policy, politics in 15 years
There has been a lot of bad public policy and bad politics in Australia in the past 15 years. And occasional moments of the alternative.
christopher joye
Why our super trillions aren't powering Australia
Showing Australians the true risk of overloading their savings with shares through a better rating system would drive a bigger bond market.
james thomson
Why banks won't pass on the RBA's next cut
There is no way the banks will want to pass on a cut in July or August of this year – regardless of the political pressure they will be under.
