While we’re feeling gloomier about the future, Australia actually ranks highly on many economic and social measures.
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New Zealand has been in a ‘stagflationary spiral’ for years. Pulling out of that takes time, but signs of recovery are real.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter-point during its September meeting.
While not topping any lists for great presidents, Carter has long championed causes that have never been more relevant, from peace in the Middle East to climate change.
The Greens have called for the government to intervene and tell the RBA to cut interest rates. Such a step would undermine central bank independence.
Some of the scenarios are optimistic. but the one I think is most likely isn’t. It’s a return to the stagnant world we had before COVID.
Will the decision to grant a 5.75% increase in award rates add to inflation and increase interest rates, making many of us worse off? Well, no.
Though times are very different now, there’s a strong case for the Albanese government to resurrect the Accord process of the Hawke-Keating era.
Central banks are raising interest rates to tame inflation, but 2023 will increasingly turn a technical decision into a political challenge.
Some commentary suggests a causal relationship between hiking interest rates and unemployment increasing. It’s not quite that simple, but the days of record high employment are probably numbered.
We are at a dangerous tipping point in ‘inflationary psychology’, says the central bank for the world’s central banks.
The Fed lifted its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point as it fights raging inflation.
The UK may be facing the worst economic conditions in many years, but the chancellor may prefer not to be overly helpful.
The Fed officially began its biggest inflation fight in four decades.
Central banks are facing some of their toughest monetary policy decisions ever.
The US economy is cooling, yet inflation remains elevated, a combo that suggests stagflation might be right around the corner.
After weeks of mulling, Biden decided to give Powell another term as Fed chair, which means he will have more influence over the trajectory of inflation than anyone else.
President Buhari’s Post COVID-19 economic recovery plan is neither novel nor ground-breaking.
Thousands of Chinese producers are at risk of going bust as a result of the outbreak.
We’re facing a global economic problem that no one really understands or knows how to fix.
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
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Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Finance, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Politics and Economics and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Finance, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Finance, University of Greenwich
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Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney