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Global economy
'Hole is getting bigger': The grim economic reality facing Trump and Biden
The winner of the race for the White House will have millions of Americans struggling to get back to work because of a health crisis not seen in more than 100 years.
- by Jonnelle Marte
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Opinion
Tourism
Our grandparents were called to war; we must go on holiday
Aussies usually spend more each year on international holidays than foreigners spend coming here. It's time to spend up big at home.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Global economy
China has to make sure its economic recovery lasts
China's economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic. Can Beijing make it last?
- by Anjani Trivedi
Analysis
Global economy
Numbers can lie: The best GDP report ever won’t mean the US economy has healed
It will be the last major piece of economic data before Election Day and will likely show the US just experienced its fastest three months of growth on record. But numbers can be deceiving.
- by Ben Casselman
Opinion
Federal budget
Privatisation crusade has long been core business for tribal Libs
The much-diminished public sector now employs only two in every 10 Australia workers. It's no wonder the beefed-up private sector benefits most from the budget.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
US votes 2020
Trump’s biggest economic legacy isn’t about the numbers
Whether he wins re-election or not, Trump may have changed the way the US economy is treated forever.
- by Patricia Cohen
Coronavirus pandemic
Airlines face survival test after virus slows rebound
The resurgent COVID-19 pandemic is pushing back the recovery in air travel, turning the northern hemisphere winter into a survival test for carriers pinning hopes on a rebound.
- by Siddharth Philip
Opinion
Regulation
Crennan first, Shipton next: Deeply flawed ASIC needs urgent cleanout
ASIC has been a festering embarrassment for the government, it needs to fix the mess now.
- by Adele Ferguson
Opinion
Federal budget
Putting pollies back behind the wheel means a bumpier ride
This budget marks a day-to-day shift in economic power from the econocrats back to the politicians.
- by Ross Gittins
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Welfare
$18,500 a year for all: a basic income would reduce inequality, says study
A basic income paid to all working-age adults would cut poverty and promote social equity, new research has found.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Australian recession
The '90 per cent economy' - post-pandemic, it will never be the same
Adjustments made to sustain the economy during the pandemic have altered the behaviour of businesses, workers and consumers - forever.
- by Matt Wade