Business
The economy
Opinion
Australian recession
Pandemic pivot: work and play will be changed forever
When the pandemic has become just a bad memory, we’ll see it has left big changes in the way the macro-economy is managed and the way we work and spend.
- by Ross Gittins
Latest
US votes 2020
Not so radical: The economic voices around Biden as he prepares for office
Joe Biden is inching his way to the White House after the most divisive election in decades - but now attention turns to the appointments that will shape his administration if he finally wins through.
- by Russell Lynch
Coronavirus pandemic
Fed warns pace of recovery is slowing while pandemic threat looms large
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy has moderated over the past few months and cautioned that the recent surge in coronavirus cases was "particularly concerning."
- by Rachel Siegel
Opinion
Interest rates
Welcome to Wonderland: it's weird and we may be here a while
As if 2020 hasn’t been odd enough already, Australian monetary policy has just gone straight through the looking glass.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
US votes 2020
The US election will change the world, regardless of who wins
The election pits Trump's "America First" isolationism and protectionism versus Biden's globalism and multilateralism. But some of the scars of this bizarre period in its history and the divisions and mistrust that has been sown at home and abroad will remain.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Trump's White House
Report card: Did Trump live up to his economic promises?
From his trade war with China to the impact of the COVID pandemic, the President has faced a turbulent four years.
- by Tom Rees
Exclusive
Spending
Spending climbs back to pre-pandemic levels despite cuts to JobKeeper, JobSeeker
People are spending more on food delivery, online gambling and furniture than pre-pandemic levels. But they are spending less on public transport, travel and tolls.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Climate policy
We should stop backing losers in the Climate Change Cup
Selfish cynics used to ask why we should get serious about climate change when no one else was. Today the question is, 'How can we fail to act when everyone else is?'
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Trade wars
Business casualties mount as China finds new front in $6b trade war
From coal to cotton and from wine to education it appears no product is safe, other than Australia’s most important and valuable export - iron ore.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Global economy
Double-dip recession: UK facing an economic nightmare before Christmas
Thousands of businesses are braced for a "truly devastating" blow from Boris Johnson's second lockdown amid fears that the economy will collapse by 12 per cent this month.
- by Tim Wallace, Alan Tovey and Tom Rees
Coronavirus pandemic
Sweden's top banker backs controversial pandemic approach
The CEO of Sweden's biggest bank has a lot of good things to say about her country's strategy for tackling the coronavirus pandemic, at least when it comes to its effect on businesses.
- by Hanna Hoikkala and Frances Schwartzkopff