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Dutton’s energy war spooks global investors

Dutton’s energy war spooks global investors

Major investors are already rethinking plans to keep ploughing billions of dollars into Australian renewable energy.

  • by Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal

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Mountains of debt: Finances of US, Europe and China are deteriorating

Mountains of debt: Finances of US, Europe and China are deteriorating

Widening government debt in the US, key European economies and China and the spectres of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen are increasing the threats to global financial stability.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Weird Trump idea would shut America off from the world

Weird Trump idea would shut America off from the world

Donald Trump floated a truly bizarre plan during a private meeting in Washington last week.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
If the RBA does its job, we might all hold on to ours
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Employment

If the RBA does its job, we might all hold on to ours

If Michele Bullock and the RBA board are committed to ensuring unemployment stays under control, the first move to lower interest rates should not be as far off as some fear.

  • by Millie Muroi
China is facing an electric car dilemma

China is facing an electric car dilemma

China has some big decisions to make about its electric car industry. It can’t afford to get them wrong.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Australia’s generation gap: Default risk rising faster for under 30s

Australia’s generation gap: Default risk rising faster for under 30s

There are signs that higher interest rates and a slowing economy are now taking a disproportionate toll on young Australians.

  • by Matt Wade
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Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that

Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that

It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.

  • by Millie Muroi
Fed’s rate cut caution can’t spoil Wall Street party

Fed’s rate cut caution can’t spoil Wall Street party

The US central bank has dialled back expectations of rate cuts this year. The US sharemarket still hit another record overnight as investors bet on a soft landing for the world’s largest economy.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Still too high’: Fed signals just one rate cut coming in 2024

‘Still too high’: Fed signals just one rate cut coming in 2024

Fed chief Jerome Powell says the central bank still needs to see more evidence that it is winning the war on inflation.

  • by Jonnelle Marte
The billionaires backing Trump have selective memories

The billionaires backing Trump have selective memories

Billionaires tend to get very creative with history when they explain their reasons for backing Trump’s bid to return to the White House.

  • by Robert Burgess
The US is turning up the heat on China
Opinion
Trade wars

The US is turning up the heat on China

When Donald Trump was taking aim at all things made in China, he left a back door open. It now appears likely that Joe Biden will slam it shut.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz