From Gaga to tradwives:Signs of economic doom,according to the internet

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Australian economy is on the up and up,but social media tells a different tale. Welcome to the world of “recession indicators”.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Jerome Powell will speak at 5.30am AEDT.

Fed keeps interest rates on hold,warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’

The Fed said it still anticipates two rate cuts by the end of the year but chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy is “unusually elevated” as it waits to see the impact of Trump’s policies.

  • Howard Schneider andAnn Saphir
AMP Bank chief executive Sean O’Malley is confident small businesses will survive the global turmoil.

Can Australian small businesses survive Trump turmoil?

Donald Trump has roiled markets and economies across the globe with his policies. What does it mean for Australia’s small businesses?

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence

Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Drill,baby,drill:US President Donald Trump’s policies are weighing on the oil price.

More than ‘a little disturbance’:Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price

This week,OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production,pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump is tearing America apart.

‘Almost unavoidable’:Trump has America on the road to a deep recession

Donald Trump’s assault on the US federal government and the global economy have together reached a tipping point.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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A rare earths plant in Kalgoorlie,Western Australia,run by the Australian company Lynas.

Australia close to breaking China’s critical mineral stranglehold

Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems,electric vehicles and clean energy transition.

  • Simon Johanson

In 50 years,Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote

No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well,no,not really.

  • Ross Gittins
Trump has vowed to increase tariffs on China as soon as he returns to the White House.

China just waved a $1.6 trillion red rag at Trump

A week before Donald Trump regains the White House with a cabinet full of trade hawks,China has released figures sure to enrage the incoming president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong,and here’s why

More tragedy and turmoil is inevitable in 2025 but even so,for millions and millions of people around the globe,things are getting measurably better.

  • Matt Wade