The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis
Opinion
Regulation

The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis

A fast-growing part of the financial system is setting off alarm bells.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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The US sends the world a China warning

The US sends the world a China warning

The US wants a united front with Europe to respond to a flood of cheap imports from China,arguing the consequences of not doing so will be damaging.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan

China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan

China’s latest economic data highlights a glut of excess capacity and a flood of cheap exports,which is generating a growing backlash from a number of its trading partners.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The West wants to break into Russia’s $460b treasure chest

The West wants to break into Russia’s $460b treasure chest

A risky push to unfreeze piles of Russian assets could have major unintended consequences.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Critical mission’:Janet Yellen unwinds Trump’s financial deregulation
Opinion
Regulation

‘Critical mission’:Janet Yellen unwinds Trump’s financial deregulation

US financial regulators will now be able to designate big non-bank institutions like hedge funds,insurers and asset managers as systemically important,or too big to fail.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The $2.8 trillion question:America is hunting for cash,but there’s a bit of a problem

The $2.8 trillion question:America is hunting for cash,but there’s a bit of a problem

The US is going to put trillions worth of new debt up for sale before the end of the year as it tries to rebuild its cash reserves. There is an issue,however.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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The US just paid a heavy price for Washington’s poison

The US just paid a heavy price for Washington’s poison

The historic credit rating downgrade shines a light on how America’s bitterly divided,dysfunctional politics is playing a key role in its deteriorating financial position.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
What does the US really think about China? We just got some more clues

What does the US really think about China? We just got some more clues

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had to tread carefully on her four-day visit to Beijing.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
ASX falls to 50-day low amid fears of higher US rates

ASX falls to 50-day low amid fears of higher US rates

The Australian sharemarket took a sharp dive after a hotter-than-expected US jobs report suggested interest rates in the US could head higher.

  • byMillie Muroi
Mission Impossible? Yellen visits China to ease tensions amid deep divisions

Mission Impossible? Yellen visits China to ease tensions amid deep divisions

US government officials have downplayed expectations for major breakthroughs on the treasury secretary’s four-day trip,which begins when she arrives in Beijing on Thursday.

  • byAlan Rappeport,Keith Bradsher andAna Swanson
China is threatening to use its major trade weapon
Opinion
Trade wars

China is threatening to use its major trade weapon

China dominates the production of many critical raw materials for advanced technologies,and is willing to weaponise that.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz