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Greg Jericho

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No more excuses: the time has come for the RBA to cut interest rates

No more excuses: the time has come for the RBA to cut interest rates
29.01.2025 30

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers

Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers
22.01.2025 4

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair

Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair
16.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Don’t panic – despite the headlines, the Aussie dollar isn’t crashing

09.01.2025 20

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Greg Jericho

A predicted deficit will get the headlines, but remember that budgets are about choices

The midyear economic and fiscal outlook (Myefo) released on Wednesday showed a slight increase in the size of budget deficits over the next three...

18.12.2024 2

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Politicians love talking about ‘middle Australia’. But beware of this misleading metric

With less than six months to go before the election, it is time to be alert to the numbers and phrases used by politicians, especially when they...

11.12.2024 5

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

What do the latest GDP figures tell us? That the RBA is still getting it very wrong

The Australian economy is now so weak due to the Reserve Bank’s 13 interest rate hikes that were it not for commonwealth and state government...

04.12.2024 10

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Greg Jericho

Welcome to Trump’s trade war – where no one wins because everyone just pays more for things

If anyone was under any delusion that Donald Trump was not going to be as bonkers as he said he would be, then his announcement on Tuesday that he...

27.11.2024 4

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Australia took its interest rate medicine – and it has poisoned our living standards

I always worry when I hear politicians or economists talk about how the economy needs to be administered some painful medicine. Inevitably it means...

21.11.2024 10

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

It’s time for the RBA to admit its fears of a wage-price spiral were misguided – and cut interest rates

The latest wage growth figures should make the Reserve Bank cut rates in December as their absurd worries about a wage-price spiral have been...

13.11.2024 10

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it

Right now final submissions are being made by private health insurers to the government for an increase in insurance premiums next year. In light...

12.11.2024 40

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Greg Jericho

Labor’s actions to lower inflation have worked – so why is the RBA unlikely to cut interest rates next week?

The latest inflation figures delivered both the good news that inflation is below 3% for the first time since early 2021 and the sense that it...

30.10.2024 6

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Australia’s unemployment figures are a reason for joy – even if it means waiting for the next interest rate cut

The latest unemployment rate should be met with cheers rather than gloom about it putting off a rate cut. We don’t need higher unemployment to get...

23.10.2024 3

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Greg Jericho

Here’s a way to fix Australia’s skills shortage – and raise wages at the same time

Skills shortages are nothing new. Ten years ago, when unemployment was 5.9%, I wrote about how business groups were demanding more migration to...

16.10.2024 5

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Greg Jericho

On the climate crisis, housing and more, politicians avoid clarity because it demands action

After spending any time analysing policy you quickly realise that politicians expend a supreme level of effort to avoid doing the obvious, and...

10.10.2024 10

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Plibersek’s coalmine decision is double trouble for climate and housing

When the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, approved three new coalmine expansions last week, she not only failed abjectly to act on climate...

02.10.2024 3

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Inflation may be falling but business’ drive to maximise profits fuelled Australia’s cost-of-living nightmare

This week came the evidence that governments can reduce inflation. We also saw evidence that companies don’t actually set prices responding to...

25.09.2024 4

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Greg Jericho

A terrace house is for sale in Sydney for $22m. The grotesquely unfair capital gains discount is partly to blame

This week a friend who lives in Sydney posted a link on social media to the story of a terrace house on the market for $22m. She noted, with the...

11.09.2024 2

The Guardian

Greg Jericho

Now the Australian economy is on its knees, will the RBA finally start cutting interest rates?

The June quarter GDP figures released yesterday reveal just how badly the Reserve Bank has misread the economy. Its decision to sharply raise...

04.09.2024 3

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Greg Jericho

Unemployment is rising and Australia’s economy is weak — but don’t hit the recession alarm just yet

Next week’s March quarter GDP figures will once again put the spotlight on the weakness of the economy. But questions about a recession are already...

29.08.2024 10

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Greg Jericho

The horror, the horror: banks are having to compete for our business by offering better rates

Banks, I know you will be sad to hear, are apparently doing it tough. So tough that they are starting to cut term deposit rates because they think...

21.08.2024 4

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Greg Jericho

The RBA and its critics claim Australia’s economy needs to be slowed down. But the data shows both are wrong

Right now, a key debate over the economy is between the Reserve Bank and the government over just how hot the economy is running. The RBA suggests...

14.08.2024 1

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Greg Jericho

A Reserve Bank cut is on the cards by the end of the year – but the property price nightmare is set to worsen

From worrying about another rate rise, the question now is when the Reserve Bank will move to cut rates. For those wanting to buy their first home,...

07.08.2024 2

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Greg Jericho

Australians are struggling to make ends meet. This is not an economy in need of more rate rises

The June quarter inflation figures released yesterday brought a sigh of relief from those worried the Reserve Bank might be about to raise rates...

31.07.2024 7

The Guardian

Greg Jericho