Rampant US dollar sends a threatening message to the rest of the world
Opinion
Currencies

Rampant US dollar sends a threatening message to the rest of the world

The greenback has surged against currencies of America’s major trading partners since the election,sounding a warning for the global economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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The Wall Street billionaire putting his hand up to run Trump’s economy

The Wall Street billionaire putting his hand up to run Trump’s economy

The text to Elon Musk:a picture of giant scissors. Musk’s text back:a picture of a sword.

  • byTodd Gillespie
‘Two tears in a bucket’:Why voters flocked to Trump,and why some might regret it

‘Two tears in a bucket’:Why voters flocked to Trump,and why some might regret it

Working-class Americans have voted with a mixture of fatalist resignation and up-yours defiance for an economic remedy likely to leave them worse off.

  • byChip Le Grand
‘Not permitted under the law’:Powell shuts down Trump questions as Fed cuts rates

‘Not permitted under the law’:Powell shuts down Trump questions as Fed cuts rates

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point while chair Jerome Powell addressed concerns about his future when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

  • byChristopher Rugaber
Knife’s edge:How the US election result will change the world

Knife’s edge:How the US election result will change the world

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have two radically different sets of policies that will have great consequence not just for Americans,but for the rest of the world.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Global bloodshed biggest threat to economic recovery:Chalmers

Global bloodshed biggest threat to economic recovery:Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used an address to the International Monetary Fund to warn growing military conflicts pose a risk to the global economy.

  • byShane Wright
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The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart
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IMF

The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart

In the US and Russia this week,two meetings are being held at a critical moment for the global economy. In the background is Donald Trump.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming

China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming

The value of the country’s exports grew by 2.4 per cent last month,way short of the 8.7 per cent growth experienced in August.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind
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Inside China

Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind

Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing,the future isn’t so promising.

  • byLisa Visentin
If Trump wins,Australia’s economy tanks
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If Trump wins,Australia’s economy tanks

World-leading research into Donald Trump’s key economic policies shows they would cause huge damage to the US – and Australia wouldn’t escape unscathed.

  • byShane Wright
Why this famous recession predictor might be wrong this time

Why this famous recession predictor might be wrong this time

A closely watched indicator is signalling that the US is on track to avoid a recession. But these are anything but normal times.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz