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While most of the focus is on the here and now, here’s what the medium term could look like.
Raising rates to fight inflation involves a time lag so current efforts to bring down prices won’t start having an impact until the next election is approaching.
The Fed’s decision to raise rates is likely to put more pressure on regional banks, which will make it harder to avoid a recession.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan discusses the blueprint for reform with commission chair, Michael Brennan
Canada’s official poverty measure only focuses on income and ignores other important factors, meaning there are millions of Canadians living in poverty that are ignored by the measure.
The Fed raised rates by a quarter-point – less aggressive than had been expected before the current banking crisis, but signaling inflation is still its focus.
The two central banks were due to raise rates aggressively, but then came the banking crisis.
The banking crisis has been caused by the interest rate rises, and further hikes were supposed to be a no no.
Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.
The latest consumer prices report shows cost of living is still rising far above the Fed’s target. But don’t expect monetary policymakers to aggressively hike rates.
There are at least five errors that marred the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, most of which could have been avoided.
The collapse of a US bank is the latest crisis for central banks to deal with. But rather than being saviours of the global economy, what if they are actually a big part of the problem?
Central banks have been signalling that rate rises are going to get more aggressive again, but can the economy actually take it?
A drop in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
Since the pandemic Australian workers’ share of national income and purchasing power has fallen at an unprecedented rate. New policies are needed.
Concerns about the credibility of pay review bodies could boost collective bargaining on worker pay.
What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
Australia faces an unpredictable global outlook, rising interest rates and wages not keeping up with the cost of living.
What will happen to the euro zone’s rising prices in 2023? Here’s an overview of the factors which might influence inflation’s acceleration or deceleration.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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John Hawkins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Leeds
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University
