Business
The economy
Malcolm Turnbull to stay at Fortescue despite defunct green board
Fortescue has been rocked by a string of shock, high-profile departures. However, the former prime minister is not expected to join them.
- by Colin Kruger
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Opinion
GDP
Jury still out on how much more hip pocket pain coming our way
Australian households are paying the price for fixing an inflation problem they didn’t cause.
- by Ross Gittins
NAB boss says rates to drop next year with migration to boost growth
NAB chief executive Ross McEwan says interest rates have probably peaked and that Australia is set to avoid a recession even as the economy slows.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Home loans
The housing joke is wearing thin for the TikTok generation
From the cost of cheese to house prices, things are going up. But lending, particularly to low-income earners, might be on the decline.
- by Millie Muroi
‘It is disheartening’: The growing crisis gripping China
China’s once unstoppable economy is on the rocks, and its citizens are losing faith.
- by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu
PwC partners take a pay hit, junior staff get $47m bonus
PwC’s 882 partners are already wearing the financial pain of the tax scandal with average incomes down last year and expected to take a 30 per cent drop this year.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Fossil fuels
After the boom: Australia’s $216 billion dilemma that’s hard to ignore
A fossil fuel bonanza has been powering our exports, but that can’t and shouldn’t continue over the long term.
- by Clancy Yeates
‘Definitely not the first choice’: China has a big tourism problem
China’s first summer in four years without harsh COVID restrictions was meant to create a travel boom for its wilting economy. It hasn’t turned out that way.
- by Bloomberg News
Opinion
Billionaires
The paranoia of the tech plutocrats
If you follow the world of tech billionaires, you’ll find a baffling mix of climate denial, COVID-19 vaccine denial and cryptocurrency cultism.
- by Paul Krugman
Opinion
Shopping
Less bling, more pet cremations: What we’re spending our shrinking cash on
For an insight into where Australians are spending their hard-earned money – and where they aren’t – trawl through the results of the nation’s listed companies.
- by Luis M Garcia
The mood turns dark in China as the economy sinks
China’s citizens are used to an economy that keeps on growing and living standards that rose with it. Now they’re losing hope as they see their personal fortunes shrink.
- by Li Yuan