Markets
Do we need to help the RBA create a recession?
A finance academic has suggested that Australians help the Reserve Bank to beat inflation to reduce interest rates by cutting...
Articles by Peter Switzer
Politics
Treasurer Chalmers wants foreign money but not from every country
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline this filtering of foreign investors today as a support piece to the government’s Future Made...
Markets
SUSSAN economics: job losses go with rate cuts. But how many and when?
Over the next three months, we need to see that the 13 rate rises are hurting the economy enough for...
Politics
Will unions and rising interest rates crush Albo’s re-election plans?
Is Labor giving into the anti-competitive actions of unions that hurt productivity, push up costs and interest rates, and kill...
Markets
Has this inflation number set us up for multiple rate rises!
For anyone wanting a rate cut, the March quarter CPI number wasn’t good. Some economists have ruled out any cut...
Markets
Today’s a taxing day for rate worriers
Pressure’s on. Will today’s inflation news bring us closer or push us further away from our first rate cut?
Politics
Let taxing politicians lie
The PM and Treasurer could have lied but not enough voters could give a toss.
Markets
Why are petrol prices unbelievably expensive?
Petrol prices are contributing to higher inflation and making it difficult for the RBA to cut interest rates. Why are...
Markets
Unemployment is rising and that’s a good thing
I can’t believe I’m saying that when unemployment went up in March, it was a relief! But here’s why I’m...
Investing
Gold’s glittering, so should you buy it?
Warren Buffett says about gold: “Gold gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it...