There is really little to be gained by focusing on depressing news such as the $17 billion blow out in the federal deficit or the projected stream of deficits totalling over $120 billion...
Daryl Dixon, 22 December 2013, The Canberra Times
The global economy is facing the risk of being locked into 'secular stagnation' with recovery remaining constrained.
Larry Summers and Paul Krugman are two of the most...
Max Walsh, 21 November 2013, The Australian Financial Review (subscription required)
Japan is ageing faster than any other developed economy. It is also shrinking. Abenomics may turn out to be a trick without a treat.
Japan has posted its highest level of...
Max Walsh, 1 August 2013, The Australian Financial Review (subscription required)
As widely expected, this year's budget was a non-event aimed at avoiding controversial changes in an election year. But for the...
Daryl Dixon, 19 May 2013, The Canberra Times
Treasury officials, not politicians, must take the blame for short-sighted policies on super.
A PERFECT example of the pot calling the kettle black was former Treasury secretary...
Daryl Dixon, 18 May 2013, The Australian (subscription required)
Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, told Parliament this week that if the Bank of Japan did not hit a 2 per cent inflation target, then the law would be changed.
While Abe did...
Max Walsh, 21 February 2013, Australian Financial Review (subscription required)
