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If ‘dry’ January sounds daunting, try ‘damp’ January instead
If you can’t commit to a full month of abstinence, take heart: You don’t have to go cold turkey to improve your relationship with alcohol.
- Anahad O'Connor
Giant hail, thunderstorms forecast for New Year’s Eve
Emergency crews will be on standby on New Year’s Eve with heavy rain, thunderstorms and giant hail forecast for parts of northern NSW and Queensland.
- Maeve Bannister and Rachael Ward
The 13 hangover preventions and cures that actually work
Experts offer their tried and trusted advice for enjoying a night out without the suffering of the morning after.
- Laurel Ives
Summers says investors probably underestimating inflation risk
The Federal Reserve simply may not be able to be as aggressive with rate cuts as markets are betting, the former US Treasury secretary said.
- Matthew Boesler
Why the economy needs five things to go right in 2024
From inflation to the stage three tax cuts, there’s a raft of risks ahead in the new year.
- Ronald Mizen
COVID-19 warning ahead of New Year’s Eve parties
Case numbers are soaring across Australia, with experts warning that low testing rates mean infection rates are much higher than official tallies suggest.
- Hannah Wootton
Opinion & Analysis
Central banks poised for rate cuts in 2024
With falling headline inflation rates and slowing economies across the industrialised world, the pressure to cut borrowing costs is set to gather strength.
Contributor
Our predictions for the year ahead
Financial Review writers share their predictions for the new year, from the odds of a second Trump presidency; the chances for peace in Gaza; and how many times the RBA will cut interest rates in 2024.
Contributor
The shadow of Trump hangs over the world
Even if he doesn’t run, he is a threat to democracy in a fragile world still reeling from his last efforts to promote a nationalist agenda.
International editor
‘Blackout’ Bowen: the man conservatives love to hate
The energy minister has been a top performer for Labor, winning blockbuster carbon and energy battles against all odds. But he has plenty of fights ahead.
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Central banks poised for rate cuts in 2024
With falling headline inflation rates and slowing economies across the industrialised world, the pressure to cut borrowing costs is set to gather strength.
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Our predictions for the year ahead
Financial Review writers share their predictions for the new year, from the odds of a second Trump presidency; the chances for peace in Gaza; and how many times the RBA will cut interest rates in 2024.
December 2023
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- US election
The shadow of Trump hangs over the world
Even if he doesn’t run, he is a threat to democracy in a fragile world still reeling from his last efforts to promote a nationalist agenda.
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- James Curran
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‘Blackout’ Bowen: the man conservatives love to hate
The energy minister has been a top performer for Labor, winning blockbuster carbon and energy battles against all odds. But he has plenty of fights ahead.
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- Jacob Greber
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Big super spends lots of your money on promotion. Here’s where it goes
New transparency laws reveal for the first time where industry super funds put money for ads and sponsorships. The Tigers and unions are big winners.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The West must avoid populist backsliding on Ukraine in 2024
The West instinctively grasped what was at stake by backing the heroic Ukrainian resistance. The danger now is the message that would be sent by any weakening of Western will to stay the course.
- The AFR View
Stormy summer’s toll mounts, in lives and dollars
At least nine people have died in Queensland and Victoria since a Christmas deluge started along the east coast, and rain is expected for days yet.
- Maxim Shanahan
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- Foreign relations
Australia needs a formal national security strategy
The government has reached a point where it can no longer avoid open discussion of fundamental questions about unpreparedness for strategic trouble ahead.
- Updated
- Rory Medcalf
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- Global economy
Three lessons from my 50 years of forecasting
Confession: my crystal ball has been cracked countless times by purportedly unprecedented developments.
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- Stephen Roach
War, elections and tariffs threaten the global economy in 2024
More than 2 billion people in roughly 50 countries will head to the polls in 2024 amid mounting geopolitical tensions.
- Patricia Cohen
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- Diet
How to listen to your hunger during the holidays
A neuroscientist explains how we eat with our eyes, gut and brain.
- Alex Johnson
Will you live to 100? The answer is in your blood
As a new study reveals similarities between the blood samples of centenarians, here are the lifestyle changes you can make to live longer.
- Polly Dunbar
10 long reads for the weekend
Welcome to the weekend. To start off your day, we’ve curated 10 great reads to enjoy.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The biggest threat from COVID was in our own homes
Many public spaces were never the threat they were deemed to be, according to a trove of data from seven million contacts in the UK.
- F.D. Flam
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- Bonds
A Christmas gift from the bond market
There’s no real reason for yields to have plunged since October, argues Paul Krugman: “My guess is that we’re mainly looking at market psychology.”
- Paul Krugman
Fed’s preferred inflation gauges cool, reinforcing rate-cut tilt
The core personal consumption expenditures price index increased 0.1pc from a month earlier; the overall PCE price index declined for the first time since 2020.
- Augusta Saraiva
After her power bill doubled, this grocer had to make a change
Relief on electricity prices is in sight after deep falls in wholesale prices, but the pain is acute in South Australia and NSW where power bills are highest.
- Ben Potter
Wall Street’s economic doomsayers see US recession around corner
Forecasters at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo Securities are among those reiterating pessimistic predictions.
- Steve Matthews and Katia Dmitrieva
US inflation report to show Fed’s battle all but complete
A monthly report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis is poised to cement the case for lower interest rates in the coming quarters.
- Matthew Boesler
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- The AFR View
Latest legal trial shows Trump still has to be defeated politically
Democrats need to realise that the pursuit of the former president through the courts only serves to fire up his never-say-never base.
- The AFR View
