hingfoto/Shutterstock December 16, 2020 Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget Isaac Gross, Monash University Australia is being paid to borrow. For those funds at least, borrowing is the opposite to a burden on the budget.
Boxing Day sale. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP July 29, 2020 We’ve just sold $15 billion 31-year bonds. What’s a bond? Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University To understand what bonds are, it helps to see a picture.
Shutterstock May 14, 2020 What’ll happen when the money’s snatched back? Our looming coronavirus support cliff Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute and Nathan Blane, Grattan Institute Every one of Australia’s coronavirus support payments is due to end by the end of October. It’ll leave a gaping hole.