Economy | Australian, regional and global economic News | The Sydney Morning Herald

Business

The economy

Advertisement
Singles' Day: Chinese shoppers splurge billions in world's largest shopping festival

Singles' Day: Chinese shoppers splurge billions in world's largest shopping festival

Singles' Day will be watched closer than ever as China recovers from the pandemic.

  • by Zen Soo

Latest

'All available means': Japan PM's plan to rescue economy
Global economy

'All available means': Japan PM's plan to rescue economy

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the government will do all it can to help its battered economy recover.

  • by Yoshifumi Takemoto and Daniel Leussink
China's shadow: Biden has a lot to do to maintain the world's most important relationship
Opinion
Global economy

China's shadow: Biden has a lot to do to maintain the world's most important relationship

Beijing doesn't want to be held hostage to an unpredictable, volatile or even hostile US. This is the backdrop confronting Joe Biden's presidency over the next four years.

  • by Anjani Trivedi
EU 'regrettably' hits US with tariffs in 16-year trade fight
Trade wars

EU 'regrettably' hits US with tariffs in 16-year trade fight

The EU will impose tariffs on up to $US4 billion of US imports in retaliation for US subsidies for Boeing, but said it was hopeful of an improvement in trade ties under Joe Biden.

  • by Philip Blenkinsop and Michael Nienaber
Biden will need to get creative to save the economy
Opinion
US votes 2020

Biden will need to get creative to save the economy

When the president-elect takes office, he'll confront the country's two most acute challenges: an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the economic damage it's wrought.

  • by Noah Smith
NSW power play sparks divisions across Australia's energy sector
Energy

NSW power play sparks divisions across Australia's energy sector

Investors have thrown their support behind an ambitious plan to stimulate clean energy in NSW, but power giants say it needs further scrutiny.

  • by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Advertisement
Echoes of Obama: Biden's economy faces a long road to recovery
Opinion
Global economy

Echoes of Obama: Biden's economy faces a long road to recovery

Has the pandemic fundamentally broken anything about the US economy? The answer will dictate just how fast it can get back on track.

  • by Neil Irwin
China's still the economic enemy with Biden in the White House
Opinion
Global economy

China's still the economic enemy with Biden in the White House

A sudden thaw in the economic Cold War seems unlikely even if there is a new face in the White House.

  • by Russell Lynch
Reserve Bank struggles to stay relevant in a post-inflation world
Opinion
Interest rates

Reserve Bank struggles to stay relevant in a post-inflation world

The Reserve Bank is desperately trying to look busy and relevant because it’s lost its main reason for existence.

  • by Ross Gittins
Pandemic pivot: work and play will be changed forever
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
Not so radical: The economic voices around Biden as he prepares for office
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