Is the world on the brink of a second cold war?

Is the world on the brink of a second cold war?

A senior International Monetary Fund executive has warned that the rivalry between the US and China could lead to Cold War II and reverse decades of global integration and growth.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Can radical shock therapy save Argentina’s economy?
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Inflation

Can radical shock therapy save Argentina’s economy?

Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei has a risky plan to respond to soaring inflation and decades of economic stagnation.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Fading giant:China is facing a difficult future

Fading giant:China is facing a difficult future

While the IMF has lifted its forecasts for China’s economic growth this year,it has painted a very different picture for the second half of the decade.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
IMF says Australia needs higher rates,while inflation soars for working families

IMF says Australia needs higher rates,while inflation soars for working families

The IMF warns rates might have to climb for a little while longer while infrastructure costs fan inflation,which has reached 9 per cent for working families.

  • byShane Wright andRachel Clun
Global debt reaches $367 trillion as calls grow for restraint

Global debt reaches $367 trillion as calls grow for restraint

The world’s governments,businesses and households owe a record $367 trillion,with calls growing for governments to help cut debt levels.

  • byShane Wright
China abandons Xi’s policies as alarm bells start to ring

China abandons Xi’s policies as alarm bells start to ring

China is starting to realise that Xi Jinping’s abrupt policy shifts may not have been such good things after all.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Shoppers look for bargains as cost of living bites deep

Shoppers look for bargains as cost of living bites deep

Major supermarkets are seeing people shop around for bargains as inflation,rents and high interest rates reduce their buying power.

  • byShane Wright andRachel Clun
Dude,where’s my recession?
Opinion
Inflation

Dude,where’s my recession?

It sure looks as if economists made a bad recession call. Why were they wrong?

  • byPaul Krugman
Central bankers face stiff new challenges in fragmenting and fractious world

Central bankers face stiff new challenges in fragmenting and fractious world

Central banks were challenged and have been found wanting by the events of the past three years.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China has a $12.4 trillion elephant in the room

China has a $12.4 trillion elephant in the room

One of the world’s most indebted nations has not experienced a full-blown financial crisis,yet. But it is walking a very tight rope.

  • byShuli Ren
Shoppers spend in store but eat and drink at home as retail resets

Shoppers spend in store but eat and drink at home as retail resets

On the whole,Australians are still bullish on spending. But retailers are being warned the game has changed.

  • byEmma Koehn