There’s further escalation of the US China trade dispute, as Google indicates it won’t be working as closely with Huawei … after all, that’s what the President asked for. It’s hit shares today, but bond yields have risen slightly ahead of Jerome Powell’s talk this morning – will he give a strong hint that a rate cut is coming? And what about Philip Lowe from the RBA, will he be doing the same? Phil Dobbie talks to NAB’s Rodrigo Catril on a day when words from central bank governors are front and centre.
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Dire Straits for UK and Europe
One day on from Ukraine’s Independence Day, NAB’s Gavin Friend doesn’t hold back on the impact the war is having on the UK and European economy and how much worse it could get. Can central banks really help?
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Making it up as they go along?
At the start of the year it looked like we were heading towards a fibre-to-the-node broadband network with very little talk about a separated Telstra. How the world has changed!
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Councils Left Out of Population Debate
Should there be a link between taxation and population – so a local council can offer lower tax to residents in exchange for a bigger population base.
