Yesterday
Labor’s green subsidies a risk to living standards: PC
The Productivity Commission has warned Labor’s Made in Australia plan risks evolving into protectionism, undermining decades of reform aimed at creating a vibrant economy.
- Michael Read
- Analysis
- Building Bad
Lendlease’s convenient, lucrative alliance with the CFMEU
Allegations of wrongdoing on construction sites raise the question: Do big contractors enable and profit from union thuggery?
- Aaron Patrick
Saul Eslake’s one-man mission to undo the GST deal – and make WA pay
The Tasmanian economist has drawn the ire of an entire state with his campaign to reverse “the worst public policy decision of the 21st century”.
- Myriam Robin
Australia could buy South Korean nuclear reactors
The East Asian nation is gradually increasing its exports of energy technology to diversify its economic base and strengthen its geopolitical influence.
- Michael Read and Elouise Fowler
This Month
Building costs creating ‘difficult’ choice on rates for RBA: Bullock
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned the economy has arrived at a “difficult” point where there are cases for and against another rate rise.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Defence
There’s no point dwelling on AUKUS paths not taken
The submarine project needs more constructive criticism, and less grievance from those whose preferences were not followed.
- Justin Burke
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Albanese can’t afford distractions now
The prime minister has to shrug off culture wars and Green taunts to focus relentlessly on an improving economy.
- Craig Emerson
‘Spurious’ delays deterring foreign investors from Australia
A slew of regulatory setbacks has South Korean investors for the first time viewing Australia as a destination with ‘sovereign risk’ to investment returns.
- Michael Read and Elouise Fowler
Remote work fuelling higher housing costs: BIS
Housing inflation is proving particularly tough to tame, as landlords pass on rising mortgage rates to tenants and working from home adds to demand.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Don’t put all energy transition eggs in one green basket
The energy revolution is producing militant evangelists and sceptics of individual technologies. Andrew Forrest’s hydrogen retreat shows policymakers need to be more open-minded.
- The AFR View
- Updated
- Employment
Rate rise chances grow as employment jumps
The market is pricing in a one-in-five possibility that the RBA will increase the cash rate when it meets next month, after strong jobs numbers in June.
- Updated
- Michael Read
One in 40 highly indebted homeowners are behind on their mortgage
Banks expect home loan arrears to increase further as more borrowers struggle to deal with high interest rates and cost-of-living pressures.
- Updated
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
CFMEU’s industrial power has corrupted
The scale of the systemic wrongdoing that has been uncovered demands a fuller judicial inquiry that must also probe the institutional enablers of the CFMEU’s crimes.
- The AFR View
How the RBA became a global outlier in its inflation fight
This week on The Fin, economics correspondent Michael Read explains why inflation has proved stickier than expected and raised the stakes for the RBA’s big bet.
- Opinion
- World politics
Why does France’s far right get stronger with each election?
The Western nation has not responded well to the challenges of globalisation, which is a problem that also applies to the whole of Europe.
- Adrian Blundell-Wignall
Interest rates might need to stay high to tame inflation: IMF
The IMF’s warning comes as economists await June quarter CPI numbers, which will be decisive in determining whether the RBA raises interest rates in August.
- Michael Read
Deloitte 1, Jim Chalmers 0
Deloitte is sceptical of the government’s Future Made in Australia policy. Did that lead Jim Chalmers to slap down its economic forecasting too?
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
$2400 a night: Hotel prices soar as Origin fans flock to Brisbane
A perfect storm for the blockbuster rugby league series decider has sparked a surge in hotel rates across the city.
- James Hall
- Opinion
- Inflation
Why Trump and other trends all point to higher inflation
Societal forces from politics to geopolitics to de-globalisation to ageing and climate change are creating conditions that push towards higher inflation.
- Raghuram Rajan
- Exclusive
- Australian economy
Rod Carnegie’s seminal lunch with Paul Keating
Paul Keating reveals, for the first time, the pivotal conversation about the Australian economy with Rod Carnegie at lunch in Melbourne almost 50 years ago.
- Tony Boyd
