Trump revisited familiar themes during his economic address in Detroit and offered a few new ones. Two of our economic experts express their takeaways.
The GOP establishment may not be too disappointed if Trump never becomes president.
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Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the…
Are there enough jobs for the class of 2016?
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Popular wisdom holds that conservatives manage the economy better than their progressive counterparts, but recent data from the US and Australia does not bear this out.
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens is likely to be out jawboning the Australian dollar again this week.
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Cheap gas is traditionally a boost for the U.S. economy but this time the economy could be badly hurt because of the domestic drilling boom and financial bets made by the oil & gas industry.
A study in resilience.
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The Commonwealth Bank’s half year results suggest Australian banks are doing well despite the turbulence affecting banks internationally, however they may not be totally immune.
Candidates sparred among themselves and the media but still managed to debate some of the key economic issues that matter most to Americans – though they ignored a few.
There’s a reason they call them ‘impulse purchases.’
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While free markets have delivered benefits, they also prey on our weaknesses, tempting us to buy things that are bad for us, be it sweet candy or sour investments.
Minneapolis learned the tragic consequences of crumbling infrastructure in 2007.
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