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Consumer spending
The graphs that show households are putting themselves at financial risk
New data reveals how stressed households are grappling with the cost of living crisis caused by inflation and higher interest rates.
- by Matt Wade
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Opinion
School funding
How identity politics has plunged our public schools into crisis
The inequity of our school funding system means the less government help a school needs, the more it’s given, and the more a school needs the more likely it won’t be given enough.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Productivity
Want better population growth? Cut immigration
Using immigration to raise our living standards is like trying to go up a down escalator. You have to run just to stop yourself going backwards.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Federal budget
How much government spending is wasted? Sorry, don’t know yet
My guess is that many people’s impression of the amount of waste is exaggerated. But governments don’t do nearly as much evaluation of their spending as they should.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
China may meet its growth targets, thanks to last year’s misery
China’s economy is showing modest momentum, but the baggage it will carry into next year and beyond threatens to thwart its ambition of toppling the US as the world’s largest economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Income tax
No need to Google it, here’s why you suddenly owe tax this year
There’s been an addition to the living costs for many Australians, but Labor doesn’t want to talk about it.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Australian economy
Struggling with rising prices? Time to remember why you hate economists
Although the politics of “doing something” to help Australians deal with rising prices are good, the economics are bad. Here’s why.
- by Chris Richardson
Opinion
Media & marketing
How can businesses shake off the cost of living crisis? Just sell it like Tay Tay
Taylor Swift has many talents but for me, she will always be the queen of price discrimination.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Employment
Chalmers should give the RBA an employment target
Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers must ask the new Reserve Bank governor to accept an employment target the government has determined as the embodiment of the fine ambitions expressed in its white paper.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
GDP
Why our standard of living will be rising more slowly
The likelihood is the economy will be growing more slowly from now on.
- by Ross Gittins
Ex-chief Sayers attempted PwC break-up to address business conflicts
Luke Sayers devised a plan to spin off PwC’s entire consulting business while he was chief executive in 2019 – years before the tax leak scandal came to light.
- by Colin Kruger