Economy

Critics ask if some appointees to the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee have a potential conflict of interest

Australian shares are poised to open lower, with oil and gold weaker. Intel and Apple powered higher in New York. Bitcoin sells off.

Few were enthusiastic about Joe Biden's candidacy for president. Here are the challenges he'll need to cover to prove them wrong.

The three new languages will become available to students in 2023.

<p>New analysis by the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) found that in the short period of December 24, 2020 to January 31, 2021, holiday spending is predicted to be down by $6.8 billion.</p>

Infrastructure Victoria suggests Victoria follow the lead of NSW by adopting staggered start times and rotating days in the office.

And the majority of the roles can be done remotely.

Via Bloomie: While much of the world was under stay-at-home orders on the first day of 2021, Chinese moviegoers packed into cinemas to watch the romantic comedy Warm Hug and the drama A Little Red Flower, generating the country's biggest New Year's box office on record. The 545 million-yuan ($84 million) splashed out on movie The post China's much vaunted consumption rise is drivel appeared first on MacroBusiness.

New report reveals industries most likely to hire as Australia rebuilds from COVID-19

If the Reserve Bank has no more three-year government bonds to buy by mid-2021, it may no longer be able to put downwards pressure on the benchmark yield for banks fixed mortgage products.

The Australian economy enters 2021 in much better shape than most others – and healthier than the Reserve Bank of Australia, the government or most economists initially forecast.

China was the only major economy to post positive economic growth in 2020, but it might need to lift its ban on Australian coal to meet the ambitious forecasts for its growth this year.

China boasts economic recovery and expansion after COVID-19 crisis

Does quantitative easing (QE) and zero interest rates a giant free lunch for ASX investors? The RBA is warning that it might not be

Economist Dr Cameron Murray has backed the government's view that the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme does not need to be extended again. Murray argues that relatively few industries still need government support, and he believes that increasing the JobSeeker payment would be a better option as the financial support would go to people who need The post Let JobKeeper die appeared first on MacroBusiness.

A year ago the US and China agreed a truce in their trade war. The latest data confirms that Donald Trump's attempt to slow China's export growth and lower the US trade deficit has failed.

With Queensland predicted to have the highest unemployment in Australia this year, there are calls for "heavy policy lifting" to repair the state's economy.

Australia's economy will continue to shine so long as the vaccine rollout is on schedule, a new Deloitte Access Economics report has found.

Victoria will boast the fastest recovery of any state or territory this year.

Treasury figures show fear of economic collapse has prompted many to stockpile cash