Economics

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Help with reading and writing increases the probability of receiving the Disability Support Pension by about 20%.

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A bold government would have delivered stages one, two and three of the tax cuts at once. Boldness is what we need.

US Federal Reserve

Donald Trump has had four of his nominations for the US Federal Reserve rejected. Now he has another two.

Philip Lowe

By himself, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe may not be able to keep Australia out of recession.

Jacinda Ardern

Australia's treasury adopted a well-being framework well before New Zealand's much celebrated "well-being budget". Here's what happened to it.

Bob Dylan

The next set of instructions handed to the Reserve Bank will have to be realistic. That might mean a big adjustment.

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We're facing a global economic problem that no one really understands or knows how to fix.

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Australia has two options to keep out of recession, neither of them easy. The government will have to abandon its determination to get the budget into surplus.

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Monday's share market surge was a pure as any a test of what the market thought of the election results.

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Governments are addicted to tax revenue from harmful activities. It is stopping them from doing what is in society's best interests.

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