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How the ABS became our secret weapon
If we survive this economic crisis (and it is looking increasingly like we will, although the end of JobKeeper at the end of the mo
GDP is V-shaped, but not yet good. These three graphs tell the story
There’s one graph that sums up both the good and not-yet-as-good detailed by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg at Wednesday’s national accounts press conference.
It’s a graph of the level of Australia’s gross domestic product – how much is produced and earned each three months in Australia – adjusted for inflation.
Josh Frydenberg has the opportunity to transform Australia, permanently lowering unemployment
Josh Frydenberg has the opportunity to become a transformational Australian treasurer. He has been bequeathed a set of circumstances that comes along rarely.
He has already shown himself able to shift the debate on important topics in order to achieve the previously unthinkable.
Most recently he did it with Google and Facebook, getting them to pay news providers for content using legislation that led the world in its breadth and force.
One of these things is not like the others: why Facebook is beyond our control
What’s the difference between Google and Facebook?
The TV networks holding back Australia's future
If I offered you money for something, an offer you didn’t have to accept, would you call it a grab?
What if I actually owned the thing I offered you money for, and the offer was more of a gentle inquiry?
That extra you're about to get in super, most of it will come from you, but don't expect the ads to tell you that
There’s something odd about those television and internet advertisements telling us we are getting more super.
The money seems to come from nowhere.
“Pretty soon,” explains the woman getting onto an escalator, “the amount of super paid on top of our wages will go up”.
Governor not for turning. No rate hike until unemployment near 4.5%
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s message to the nation today through the National Press Club is that he means it.
He isn’t intending to push up interest rates – he most probably isn’t intending to even think about pushing up interest rates – until 2024, at the earliest.
A ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times
Suddenly, economic forecasters are optimistic.
Six months ago the forecasting team assembled by The Conversation was expecting Australia’s recession to continue into 2021, sending the economy backwards a further 4.6% throughout the year.