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RBA must ignore the band of economists pushing a rate rise

The Reserve Bank should not be firing up its interest rate models on the strength of inflation that is now steadily dropping into target range.

29.04.2024 40

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

RBA must ignore the band of economists pushing a rise

The Reserve Bank should not be firing up its interest rate models on the strength of inflation that is now steadily dropping into target range.

29.04.2024 30

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Compulsory grocery code strikes right balance

The interim report seeks to prevent big supermarkets from abusing their market power while rejecting populist policies such as forced divestiture of...

07.04.2024 6

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Dutton’s nuclear plan is all politics

The opposition is more interested in keeping the Nationals in the tent than carbon emissions at bay.

18.03.2024 20

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Dunkley sets up Labor’s 2025 win

While the Liberals look down rabbit holes like crime and refugees, Labor plans to claim vindication on economic policy.

04.03.2024 5

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Why it’s vital that the RBA cuts rates at mid-year

The central bank is at great risk of overshooting its policy settings into higher unemployment and it is workers and small business who will cop it.

19.02.2024 6

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Liberals don’t want real tax reform

Except for Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal leaders have always scuppered tax overhauls that did not suit the direct interests of them and their outriders.

05.02.2024 8

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

In the shopping trolley war, the supermarkets have to give

Suppliers can get paid more, and shoppers pay less. But only if supermarket giants are forced to compete more.

22.01.2024 10

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

How Albanese can rebuild from here

The Labor government ran into headwinds during 2023. But is the political breeze about to shift in its direction.

07.01.2024 20

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Energy transition needs gas not nuclear

A rational decarbonising energy policy offers a middle path between the Absolutists and the Denialists.

11.12.2023 10

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Who killed neoliberalism?

Neoliberalist theory and practice went so horribly wrong because governments that put their faith in markets forgot one word – competition. From...

02.12.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

Craig Emerson

Who killed neoliberalism?

Neoliberalist theory and practice went so horribly wrong because governments that put their faith in markets forgot one word – competition.

28.11.2023 10

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Free trade and the MAGA mob

It is being left to Australia to fly the flag for the dismantling of barriers in a hostile Washington and a thawing China.

30.10.2023 9

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Time to drop the dead doctrine of NAIRU

The new RBA leadership has a chance to use intuition rather than prescription to manage inflation.

18.10.2023 5

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

Fill the Voice void by kick-starting the energy transition

There is no pathway to affordable clean energy that does not require government support. In the immediate post-referendum period, the Albanese...

02.10.2023 8

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

APEC can be the hope of the free trade side in Asia

The US and China don’t want to be in the same regional trade grouping. But a free-trade area of the Asia-Pacific offers an inclusive approach that...

18.09.2023 7

Financial Review

Craig Emerson

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