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Gambling
Can we lose our gambling addiction without crashing the economy? You bet
Australia has a gambling problem unmatched by other countries. So why won’t the politicians stop enabling our bad habits?
- by Ross Gittins
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Opinion
US Votes 2024
The $53 trillion shadow hanging over the US election
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have each rolled out reckless plans that will add to one of America’s biggest problems.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inflation
If there’s no ‘price gouging’, how come interest rates are so high?
You can’t argue that demand has been growing stronger than supply and so causing price rises, while claiming profits have not risen.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Spending
We are living and spending like it’s 2017 – and not in a good way
Australians have had a marked dip in the amount of spare money we have, while other nations have been flourishing. Why?
- by Victoria Devine
‘Doom loop’: China is facing a lost decade
China’s economic problems are spiralling as its citizens tighten their belts and investors pull billions of dollars out of the country.
- by Szu Ping Chan
Opinion
GDP
Our economy has turned into a tortoise. The Reserve Bank will be happy
Most of us know the saying: slow and steady wins the race. Here’s why a slowdown doesn’t worry the Reserve Bank – and why interest rates will probably stay put.
- by Millie Muroi
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Cost of living
Five graphs show how housing insecurity is hammering Sydney families
A statewide survey has found nearly three in four households are sacrificing spending on their children.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
Australian economy
The rest of the world is cutting interest rates, so why aren’t we?
The latest national accounts show an economy on the edge of a recession. Don’t blame the Reserve Bank – it’s responding to the symptoms of a problem long in the making.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Five things the national accounts tell us about the economy
Here’s what you need to know from the latest gauge of the economy – in five charts.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Federal budget
Albo’s lack of courage makes headlines, but doesn’t tell the full story of his government
People often don’t realise how obsessed governments become with how their opponents will react to anything they do or say. Albo seems to have a bad case of this.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Interest rates
Australia is engaging in a damaging economic blame game
Informed debate on the economy has been overtaken by populist rhetoric feeding an overblown distrust of institutions.
- by Elizabeth Knight