Greg Jericho

The government is juicing demand to make houses more expensive for Australians while providing good public housing for … Americans

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

The story this quarter was one of big jumps in electricity prices due to the end of the state subsidies

Last week’s announcement that unemployment reached 4.5% in September came as a shock to the RBA, which must have been either embarrassed – or ecstatic

Even as the government and investors try to treat the Trump situation as ‘normal’, the US has never been less attractive to Australian holidaymakers

Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

Michele Bullock doesn’t think our current cash rate is ‘very restrictive’. Do the figures back her up?

If the Reserve Bank won’t drop interest rates next week, it will be another example of one of our institutions aiming low

The wellbeing framework has become little more than a data dump – but at least it highlights how little stock we should put in productivity figures

Reality might be hanging on to the political debate for dear life, but this move threatens to fling it off the cliff

In a majority of capital cities in Australia, inflation is now below 2% – that is, below the Reserve Bank’s target range

Acoss’s new report factchecks some myths about Australia’s tax system and should be the basis of any discussion at the government’s roundtable

Data shows negative gearing remains the favourite of high-income earners, while most Australians’ super balances fall short of what is needed for a ‘comfortable retirement’

The way superannuation is mostly covered by the media in Australia is about how to avoid paying tax and how to use it to fund inheritance

Improving living standards is really what productivity is about – not growing the profits of large companies

The discussions around the absurdly small changes to tax on superannuation should be the start to addressing the growing wealth inequality in this country

The proposal will affect only 0.5% of people with superannuation and yet you would think the government is about to seize the means of production

Now that inflation is back within the target range, suddenly the RBA has rediscovered that it is supposed to also care about full employment

The government must not let up on policies which enable workers to bargain for decent pay rises

As we focused on the election, the latest retail trade figures came out – and they stunk. Another reason why the RBA should have cut