Economics
Economic outcomes destroy pro-Coalition media falsehoods — one by one

Official data destroys false narratives advanced by mainstream media.  
The Dom Pérignon buyers' scheme

With misguided schemes for potential first home buyers proving ineffective, Stephen Koukoulas has ...  
Mining industry launches brazen attack on Government

The mining industry launched a war of words on the Federal Government, an absurd move considering ...  
Australia's productivity not as bad as you've been told

What if there is no productivity crisis in Australia and all of the concerns about the “disma ...  
Australia's data-driven future will transform economy and workforce

The rise of data-driven technologies is profoundly influencing global economic trends, labour ...  
Business is booming — defying newsroom doom and gloom

Australian businesses have had a highly profitable year. Thanks, Jim, thanks, Albo.  
The economic debate that Treasurer Chalmers has won

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is blaming successive interest rate rises for the lack of economic growth ...  
Latest snapshot of Albo’s economy defies mainstream media negativity

The national accounts for the June quarter do not support the popular narrative of a severe cost ...  
Chalmers on track to join Keating and Swan as world’s best treasurer

The latest economic news confirms the Albanese Government is responding to uncertain times rema ...  
RBA deputy governor hits a few prophets for six

An insightful speech by the RBA's deputy governor, intended as a commentary on economic uncerta ...  
Jim Chalmers gets the boffins to measure what really matters

The Bureau of Statistics is broadening its research beyond population, jobs and inflation into ...  
Press Council must do vastly better or be replaced

Australia’s official media watchdog is failing to stem the daily flow of destructive falsehoo ...  
Government widely misses net migration target

New data released by the Bureau of Statistics has revealed that net migration numbers have dras ...  
The RBA says one thing, its pictures and graphs say another

Stephen Koukoulas examines the recent RBA assessment of the economy as "running a bit hot" and ...  
America's gathering storm: The consequences of a Trump dictatorship

A second Trump Administration would have dire consequences politically, socially and economically ...  
Some Australian families are struggling, but fewer than ever before

Consumer spending data, analysed correctly, shows the economy is nowhere near as bad as news ...  
Olympic Games: Perennially costly, always over budget

Amid all the spectacle and pageantry of the Olympic Games lies budget blow-outs, infrastructure ...  
Interest rate cuts around the world — Australia should join the gang

There’s a flight of fancy with some Australian economists and commentators that the Reserve Bank ...  
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