Buck stops with me:Chalmers confronts worst economy since COVID lockdowns

Buck stops with me:Chalmers confronts worst economy since COVID lockdowns

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims he has undermined the Reserve Bank as they both battle to bring down inflation.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi

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Inflation eases but nation is facing a difficult Christmas

Inflation eases but nation is facing a difficult Christmas

Inflation has stepped down further as power and petrol prices ease,but the easing of price pressures may be too late for struggling retailers.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Electricity and petrol prices drive down inflation

Electricity and petrol prices drive down inflation

Annual inflation has eased to 3.5 per cent in another sign that price pressures are starting to ease across the economy.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Young renters falling further behind wealthy homeowners

Young renters falling further behind wealthy homeowners

Until the central bank begins cutting the cash rate,the homeownership disparity will stretch,says the head of Bendigo and Adelaide bank.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Chalmers’ election spending and bank reform promises hard to deliver

Chalmers’ election spending and bank reform promises hard to deliver

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a difficult balancing act hoping to strike a deal with the opposition to reform the Reserve Bank and promising to eschew a pre-election spendathon.

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Chalmers’ Reserve Bank deal with Coalition triggers sweep of the board
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Chalmers’ Reserve Bank deal with Coalition triggers sweep of the board

A long-awaited overhaul of the Reserve Bank looks to be in sight,but new board members will be needed to run the nation’s most important economic institution.

  • byShane Wright
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No election spendathon:Chalmers says he’s got the big calls right

No election spendathon:Chalmers says he’s got the big calls right

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will use the pre-election budget to continue the inflation fight.

  • byShane Wright andDavid Crowe
How GPT (not that one) could be a painless fix for our inflation problem

How GPT (not that one) could be a painless fix for our inflation problem

I asked ChatGPT what its chances were of improving productivity in Australia – if it was a betting man. Here’s what it said.

  • byMillie Muroi
Waiting for a rate cut? The only certainty for the RBA is uncertainty
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Waiting for a rate cut? The only certainty for the RBA is uncertainty

If you’re confused by what’s going on in the economy,spare a thought for the Reserve Bank,which sees uncertainty everywhere it looks.

  • byShane Wright
What Australia needs from China – more building,more babies

What Australia needs from China – more building,more babies

China’s deflating property bubble and declining birth rate are,at last,grabbing the attention of Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

  • byElizabeth Knight
The RBA worries too much about expectations of continuing high inflation

The RBA worries too much about expectations of continuing high inflation

We shouldn’t allow impatience to get the inflation rate back to target to worsen the risk we’ll end up in a recession.

  • byRoss Gittins