This Month
The number that sums up Biden’s biggest economic problem
While price rises have cooled from more than 9 per cent to 3.4 per cent, household budgets have not recovered since Biden took office.
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- Matthew Cranston
‘Let’s get ready to rumble’: Biden and Trump agree to TV debates
The two men will go head-to-head on CNN on June 27 then on ABC News on September 10.
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- Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin
New US tariffs on China could help Australian critical minerals
It’s not just the federal budget that could boost Australia’s critical minerals exports, but also a new round of US tariffs on Chinese imports.
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- Matthew Cranston and Andrew Tillett
Biden ramps up tariff regime on $27b of China imports
Following a four-year review on trade with China, US President Joe Biden will not only keep the tariffs put in place by Donald Trump, but ratchet up others.
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- Matthew Cranston
US set to impose 100pc tariffs on Chinese EVs
The move expected this week marks the latest effort by the Biden administration to protect America’s domestic industry from cheap competition.
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- Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley
Biden fights back after Druckenmiller’s reckless spending lambast
Campaigning in a key state, Joe Biden defended his government’s massive government industry subsidies from critics including the billionaire investor.
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- Matthew Cranston
April
‘No silver bullet’: Ukraine has weapons but still needs the troops
The $94 billion US aid package should stop Russia in its tracks, but it won’t be nearly enough to send Putin packing.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
US aid should arrive just in time to avert Ukraine’s defeat
Even more concerning than the growing size of the invading Russian forces is their increased competence.
- Max Boot
- Opinion
- USA
America’s Superman foreign policy flies again
The hard realism of Asian allies about America’s direction must jostle with the return of uncompromising American unilateralism.
- James Curran
AUKUS partners eye adding ‘like-minded’ Japan to counter China
The announcement from the AUKUS defence ministers came as Canada said it was considering joining the pact, signalling concern over threats from China.
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- Matthew Cranston
US jobs roar again, probability of June rate cut falls
Non-farm payrolls advanced 303,000 in March, the most in nearly a year, led by faster hiring in health care, construction, as well as leisure and hospitality.
- Molly Smith
- Analysis
- Perspective
Who is winning the US and China ‘chip war’?
President Biden is committed to victory over China when it comes to semiconductors. But it’s not a straightforward process.
- Matthew Cranston
March
Bidenomics is making China angry. That’s OK
Biden’s China policy is so tough that it makes me, someone who generally favours a rules-based system, nervous.
- Paul Krugman
- Opinion
- Wall Street
The US economy’s resilience is now undeniable
In an economy that has consistently outperformed and is constantly being scoured for cracks, it’s hard to find any faults in the latest data.
- Jonathan Levin
US economy advanced at upwardly revised 3.4pc in fourth quarter
The US government’s two main measures of economic activity posted strong advances at the end of last year, pointing to enduring strength.
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- Augusta Saraiva
Yellen blasts China’s desire for global domination of solar
China’s industrial policy has a record of causing ‘substantial overinvestment’, Ms Yellen says. She cited aid to industries including steel and aluminum.
- Christopher Condon and Christopher Anstey
Why the US-China economic split is widening
As the ‘decoupling’ of the two giant economies gathers pace, the fallout will both help and hurt Australia.
- Matthew Cranston
‘Lost his way’: Top US Democrat Schumer calls for Netanyahu to go
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer harshly criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for new elections in Israel.
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- Mary Clare Jalonick and Ellen Knickmeyer
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Reminder: Trump’s last year in office was a nightmare
The ex-president and his surrogates are trying to pull off an even more impressive act of revisionism: portraying his entire presidency as pure magnificence.
- Paul Krugman
US jobless rate hits two-year high even as hiring stays strong
Nonfarm payrolls advanced 275,000 last month, the jobless rate reached 3.9 per cent and traders boosted bets for a June rate cut.
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- Augusta Saraiva