Markets
Why August’s rate cuts aren’t a done deal yet
The notes or minutes taken at the Reserve Bank board meeting that shocked the nations’ economists and millions of Australians...
Articles by Peter Switzer
Politics
Trump is a Bitcoin billionaire, and he’s only getting richer
Albo costs the public purse $7m, but it’s chump change in Trumpland where the two-time Commander-in-Chief is netting billions on...
Markets
Did dodgy data cost us the rate cut we richly deserved?
We didn’t get a rate cut on July 8 because the quarterly inflation figure was too high and the lower...
Markets
Rising unemployment makes July 30 crucial for rate cut hopers
When most economists thought a July cut a certainty, one doubter is now calling an August cut a “slam dunk”....
Politics
Will the Albanese government kick Lindsay Fox out of the cash economy?
The RBA, Treasury and ASIC are ganging up to kick the legendary truckie Lindsay Fox and his Armaguard operation out...
Markets
Will these proposed credit card surcharge changes kill jobs and hike prices?
Killing credit card surcharges might save you $60 a year, but they might cost the economy jobs and increase inflation.
Politics
Markets and traders are making a huge gamble on the TACO theory, but what if Trump doesn’t ‘chicken out’
The market has come to expect a certain theatre from Trump. There’s even a term going around: the “taco theory"...
Markets
Treasury secret revealed: tax Aussies more!
An ‘extraordinary’ leak from Treasury reveals that Labor was advised to spend less and tax Aussies more. Should we have...
Markets
Why super has to be made ‘sexy’ to turn heads
Australians are set to be poorer than they want to be in retirement because they lack knowledge about how "sexy"...
Politics
State of Origin coach Billy Slater could teach Albo and Dr Jim a thing or two
Queensland coach Billy ‘Idol’ Slater is a great character, and the PM & Treasurer would do well to look at...