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It is not Trump’s tariffs but Chinese economic policies and practices over many decades that are the greater challenge to economic globalisation as...
Understatement and confidence, decency and expectation; that certain idea of the United States for which the country was once so admired, is...
Big super’s governance failures are now piling up coordinated cyberattacks targeted some of the nation’s largest industry funds.
Policymakers should be war gaming the worst scenario because never before has a single signature by a single individual raised the probability of...
Investor belief in US superiority drove Wall Street to sky-high valuations, but the president’s trade war is now eroding this conviction.
The US president has discovered that it is easier to shake down a law firm than to reshape the international trading system.
Many countries that share US concerns about China’s industrial subsidies will now see it as a more reliable trade partner.
Now is a time for Australia to lean into the rest of the global trading system and play an even greater leadership role.
Evidence is clear that big energy projects are already costing more and more, and the breakdown of global trade will worsen it. But there is a...
The evidence against Donald Trump’s tariff adviser, and his “poorly designed and reckless” tariff hikes, is overwhelming.
Peter Dutton is struggling to compete with Anthony Albanese’s promises to protect voters from the new Trump world challenges - as opposed to facing...
China is threatening to “fight to the end” if America imposes yet more tariffs. The respite on global sharemarkets is likely to be temporary if...
The major parties are jostling to be perceived as the best placed to manage the international economic turmoil. Australia needs cool heads to prevail.
Last week, the RBA governor said the exchange rate would be an important “buffer” in Trump’s trade war. It is what economists call it an “automatic...
Weak business investment and real wage growth is a design feature of the Albanese Labor’s care economy model that the Dutton Coalition is failing...
It remains to be seen what risk triggers Trump 2.0 will bring and what contagion might flow within and between the regulated and NBFI sectors.
The surprising thing isn’t the outliers who saw the Trump tariff crisis coming, but that so many on Wall Street didn’t.
The bourse has set a terrible precedent by being complicit in undermining shareholder democracy.
Even veterans like Ellerston’s Ashok Jacob are having difficulty picking the bottom, as the seesawing in financial markets continues amid extreme...
The complacent who have clipped the ticket during the good times will be exposed during the bad times at great cost to their customers and members.
EVP committed venture capital heresy by reporting StrongRoom AI to the police. It angered fellow investors but has shown moral courage rather than...
It will require a lot of hope and optimism to go against a tide of panic and fear. Especially when the market feels the White House is content to...
Cyber breaches and Donald Trump’s sharemarket rout have exposed further flaws in Labor’s compulsory super system and its union-aligned funds.
Retaliatory tariffs are a supply shock that will not only see the global economy lurch into a deep recession but will do so with a near-term...
Donald Trump thinks we’ve been subsidising our lifestyles at the expense of his constituents. He is not entirely wrong and doesn’t care that he is...
“Vibe governing” suggests policymakers are letting AI-generated content guide major decisions, leading us into surreal, potentially dangerous...
Labor is as alarmed as any government as Donald Trump’s sharemarket carnage unfolds. But it also sees a political advantage.
The White House’s ‘liberation day’ is turning into a week of value destruction – and all eyes are on Europe as it draws up a hit list of US...
With the ASX set to slump a further 4 per cent at today’s opening, attitudes towards Trump’s revanchist protectionism are the wild card thrust into...
Peter Dutton’s best hope is that voters give him points for admitting he overreached.
At Monday’s AFR Healthcare Summit, Mark Butler and Anne Ruston should rule in urgent reform that better balances needs of hospital operators and...
The Australian government may be ahead of the game globally with its new social media bans, but laws can only ever be part of the answer.
Too little thought has been given to the future of the Australian economy against the backdrop of a protectionist America.
Any spike in trading volumes due to higher volatility and wild swings will heap pressure on the exchange, which is already navigating a regulatory...