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Inside China
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough
Three years after its property sector started imploding, Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Opinion
Federal budget
Money can’t buy everything, but Chalmers can buy an inflation reduction
The treasurer’s use of new policy tools to solve new kinds of inflation has enraged many commentators, but the anger of those stuck in the past doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be looking to the future.
- by Richard Denniss
Opinion
Federal budget
How the budget was hijacked by a $300 cherry on the top
The energy rebate is a perfectly sensible device to hasten progress in getting inflation down to the target zone.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Federal budget
Budget’s unspoken message: Maybe we’ll pull off the softest of soft landings
The rate of inflation will probably continue falling and should be back into the target range by this December.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Property development
Why house prices will stay stronger for longer
The government alone cannot solve the imbalance in supply and demand in the housing market.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Inflation
Why this glimmer of hope has Wall Street very excited
At last there’s some good news on US inflation that raises hopes of interest rate cuts. But the excitement might be premature.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
China’s plan to buy millions of empty homes as it grapples with property crisis
China is considering a radical plan to tackle its ongoing property meltdown which has caused widespread damage to its economy.
- by Bloomberg News
Opinion
Trade wars
The US is tightening the screws on China
Joe Biden is throwing the kitchen sink at a key part of China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Housing crisis
Unable to crack the housing market, I went looking for cocaine
No, I’m not contemplating becoming a drug dealer, but I will need something close to a lottery win to get me out of the rental rat race.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
JobSeeker
Labor’s persistent refusal to fix the JobSeeker payment is shameful
Australia has the lowest benefits for the short-term unemployed among 34 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Federal budget
Jim Chalmers, the budget and the art of make-believe
The treasurer has rewritten the narrative on federal budgets. On Tuesday night, we’ll get to decide whether we believe his story – or at least want to believe it.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness