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Growth
What the US election means for Australia [update]
The US election is happening right now, with the outcome to have potentially significant implications for Australia.
Inflation
Growth
What the US election means for Australia
As the US election approaches, the risks of renewed inflation and unpredictable fiscal policies could complicate the global economic landscape, with significant implications for Australia.
Monetary policy
Simply bananas
Monetary policy missteps can arise when journalists and politicians confuse relative price movements for inflation, leading to misguided calls for rate cuts based on things like food price fluctuations rather than the underlying drivers of inflation.
Budget
The truth behind Australia's fiscal recovery
A closer look at Australia's budget surplus reveals a mix of fiscal accidents, hidden tax hikes, and misguided government spending that could leave the country facing a decade of deficits.
Inflation
Gittins it wrong on inflation
Ross Gittins' recent column misunderstands basic economics, resulting in a confused narrative that oversimplifies inflation, misreads corporate profits, and misinterprets the relationship between industry concentration and competition.
Monetary policy
False prophets, forward guidance, and failed lessons
The RBA's conflicting statements on uncertainty and accountability expose a dangerous pattern of misguided forward guidance and unlearned lessons, threatening its credibility and effectiveness in controlling inflation.
Monetary policy
Jim Chalmers' Nixon moment
As the Australian government attempts to manipulate inflation metrics through targeted spending, the RBA finds itself in a balancing act between economic stability and political pressure, echoing historical tensions between Nixon and the Fed.
Inflation
Bad news is bad news again
A closer look at the recent market rout reveals underlying concerns about Australia's economy, and that the RBA's next moves will be as crucial as ever.
Migration
Migrants aren't causing inflation
Inflation is caused by fiscal and monetary policy, not by migrants or other supply shocks, which can only temporarily affect measured inflation by altering relative prices in the economy.
Inflation
Why the RBA should hold steady
It's probably too late in the cycle to hike rates any further when what's desperately needed is tax, spending and regulatory reform.
Inflation
Why we may not be done with inflation
Interest rates have come down in Canada and the eurozone. When will Australia follow suit?
Inflation
Inflation's bumpy landing
Australia's March quarter inflation figures came in above expectations. Especially worrying was the sticky services and non-tradables inflation, making rate cuts very unlikely this year. To fix inflation we desperately need fiscal policy to start working with monetary policy, rather than against it.