Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said corporate tax cuts in the US had led to 'stronger investment, stronger growth, a lower unemployment rate and higher wages'. Let's take a closer look.
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Use our drag-and-drop interactive to find out how incomes, financial wellbeing, and housing stress has changed since 2001 for various 'family types', including singles or couples without children.
Was shadow minister for finance Jim Chalmers correct when he said that under the current Coalition government, net debt had doubled? We asked the experts.
Here are 10 trends worth noting from this year's huge Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. For starters, household spending on energy fell, even as power prices rose.
What the huge HILDA survey reveals about your economic well-being, health and family life.
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On today's episode, we'll hear what the huge HILDA survey says on Australians' financial literacy, energy use, how many of us are delaying getting a driver's license and how our economy is changing.
Anxiety about China's rise is unlikely to abate any time soon – Australia needs to remain calm and realise the region is changing rapidly.
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of plans to further open up the Chinese economy this week - and the world economy should hope US president Trump feels vindicated by this.
On Q&A, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive James Pearson said almost 60% of small business owners in Australia are paid $50,000 or less. Is that right?
Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.
Any number of implicit and explicit deadlines make 2018 look like a more eventful year than most.
The narrative that Australia has "transitioned from the mining boom successfully" seems a lot like wishful thinking.
Business conditions aren't translating to confidence, despite growing profits and jobs.
Why is it that the US -- which suffered a major downturn -- seems to have a stronger economy than Australia , which did not even go into recession in 2008-09?
New modelling shows that Australia’s distance from Europe and the United States hurts our exports, but this will change as Asia develops.
Repeatedly boasting about the past won't distract from the fact Australia's economy is looking shaky.
The slew of numbers across various major economies this week continue to suggest a mixed picture.
Treasurer Scott Morrison says Australia will "grow into growth". Global economic conditions suggest otherwise.
Some seem to think the RBA is bullish on growth, but reading between the lines it seems to be hedging.
Wages are sluggish, underemployment seems stubbornly high, and there is a continued push to part-time rather than full-time employment.
There are economic arguments to be had for ensuring an appropriate rate of growth of real wages.
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Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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John Daley adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Monash University
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Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Finance, University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
