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America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

Donald Trump was excited by a sizzling estimate of US economic growth in the September quarter. He might be disappointed by the Federal Reserve...

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WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

Donald Trump was excited by a sizzling estimate of US economic growth in the September quarter. He might be disappointed by the Federal Reserve...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

Donald Trump was excited by a sizzling estimate of US economic growth in the September quarter. He might be disappointed by the Federal Reserve...

previous day 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

Donald Trump was excited by a sizzling estimate of US economic growth in the September quarter. He might be disappointed by the Federal Reserve...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Oil prices are at about $US60 a barrel, Russia’s crude is selling below $US35, and there’s a lot of oil floating around the world in tankers...

tuesday 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Oil prices are at about $US60 a barrel, Russia’s crude is selling below $US35, and there’s a lot of oil floating around the world in tankers...

tuesday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Oil prices are at about $US60 a barrel, Russia’s crude is selling below $US35, and there’s a lot of oil floating around the world in tankers...

tuesday 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Oil prices are at about $US60 a barrel, Russia’s crude is selling below $US35, and there’s a lot of oil floating around the world in tankers...

tuesday 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.

22.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.

22.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.

22.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.

22.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Donald Trump’s re-entry to the White House has put some of the biggest car brands in the world at risk of being left out of a key market.

18.12.2025 7

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Donald Trump’s re-entry to the White House has put some of the biggest car brands in the world at risk of being left out of a key market.

18.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Donald Trump’s re-entry to the White House has put some of the biggest car brands in the world at risk of being left out of a key market.

18.12.2025 9

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Donald Trump’s re-entry to the White House has put some of the biggest car brands in the world at risk of being left out of a key market.

18.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

A long-awaited raft of data has just dropped and spells trouble for Donald Trump’s economy. The actual numbers might be worse.

17.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

A long-awaited raft of data has just dropped and spells trouble for Donald Trump’s economy. The actual numbers might be worse.

17.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

A long-awaited raft of data has just dropped and spells trouble for Donald Trump’s economy. The actual numbers might be worse.

17.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

A long-awaited raft of data has just dropped and spells trouble for Donald Trump’s economy. The actual numbers might be worse.

17.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.

16.12.2025 20

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.

16.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.

16.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.

16.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.

15.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.

15.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.

15.12.2025 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.

15.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

The US central bank cut interest rates for the third time, but with the spectre of a new Trump-appointed chair looming, dissent among its members is...

11.12.2025 9

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

The US central bank cut interest rates for the third time, but with the spectre of a new Trump-appointed chair looming, dissent among its members is...

11.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

The US central bank cut interest rates for the third time, but with the spectre of a new Trump-appointed chair looming, dissent among its members is...

11.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘It’s really tariffs’: Cutting through the fog, Fed lowers rates again

The US central bank cut interest rates for the third time, but with the spectre of a new Trump-appointed chair looming, dissent among its members is...

11.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

10.12.2025 9

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

10.12.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

10.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

10.12.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that is before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are threatening...

09.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that is before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are threatening...

09.12.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that is before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are threatening...

09.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that is before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are threatening...

09.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of his key declarations about his trade war.

08.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of his key declarations about his trade war.

08.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of his key declarations about his trade war.

08.12.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of his key declarations about his trade war.

08.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

There are $270 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Europe. They could be used to give the European Union a voice in settlement of the war.

04.12.2025 9

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

There are $270 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Europe. They could be used to give the European Union a voice in settlement of the war.

04.12.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

There are $270 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Europe. They could be used to give the European Union a voice in settlement of the war.

04.12.2025 9

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

There are $270 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Europe. They could be used to give the European Union a voice in settlement of the war.

04.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

It’s a Code Red moment for the dominant AI players

Google’s latest chatbot and AI chip are a threat to Nvidia and OpenAI’s dominance.

03.12.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

It’s a Code Red moment for the dominant AI players

Google’s latest chatbot and AI chip are a threat to Nvidia and OpenAI’s dominance.

03.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz