Richard Holden

business investment

It's a puzzle why businesses are reasonably confident but not willing to invest in the future, writes Richard Holden.

tax

Amid all the commotion around Donald Trump's plans to lower US company tax rates, you might have missed that Australia is also having a similar debate, writes Richard Holden.

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Consumer confidence isn’t looking good, investor loans cause concern for the regulators, and Australia’s trade surplus sends the Aussie dollar soaring. If only we knew what President Trump will do next, writes Richard Holden.

rollercoaster

Brexit and Trump pave the way for more financial market uncertainty, writes Richard Holden.

printing money

If it's so easy to fix a nation's economic ills by simply running the printing presses round the clock then why doesn't everyone do it, asks Richard Holden.

cashless payment

By 2020 Australia could be cash free, with a reduction in the budget deficit, and probably organised crime, as dividends, writes Richard Holden.

2017

Richard Holden explores the year that was and what it might mean for 2017.

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Construction has slumped to its lowest level since 2010, and the US Fed remains divided on its next interest rate hike, writes Richard Holden.

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Join UNSW President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs and 12 UNSW experts as they share what keeps them up at night. UNSOMNIA - Thursday December 1st, Leighton Hall UNSW.

trade

We have to be better at helping the minority who lose out from free trade and free movement of labour, writes Richard Holden.

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