Business
Market movers
Opinion
Inflation
Commodity boom adds to confusion about the outlook for inflation
Does the new boom in commodity prices point to a longer and stronger post-pandemic surge in global growth and inflation than markets and central banks have assumed?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Sharemarket
It’s complicated: Central banks are making passive investing trickier
- by Anneka Treon
As it happened: ASX slips 0.7% even as CBA, tech stocks rise
- by Lucy Battersby and Alex Druce
Updated
Earnings season
CBA keeping close eye on housing investor loans as profits surge to $2.4b
- by Clancy Yeates
Currency
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Companies
‘Paper bag test’: ASX tech star Appen criticised for skin colour test
Tech darling Appen has been hit by claims of racism in its recruitment processes after it asked job candidates to take a “paper bag test” about their skin colour.
- by Cara Waters
Qantas delays resumption of international flying after budget blow
Qantas has pushed back the restart date for most of its international network after the federal budget revealed Australia’s border will likely remain shut until the middle of next year.
- by Patrick Hatch
With the US election over, Fox News is pitching its softer side
- by Christopher Palmeri
Markets
Opinion
Inflation
Commodity boom adds to confusion about the outlook for inflation
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Sharemarket
It’s complicated: Central banks are making passive investing trickier
- by Anneka Treon
People are flying to nowhere just to shop duty free during COVID
- by Kyunghee Park, Bruce Einhorn and Angelina Rascouet
The economy
Opinion
Interest rates
The world is partying hard on free money, but beware the hangover
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion & Perspectives
Back to the future budget delivers jobs, but no pay rises
Jessica Irvine
This budget fails to deliver either Keynesian stimulus big enough to kick the economy into a new gear or the supply-side reforms that would unleash a private sector-led recovery.
Banking & finance
Updated
Earnings season
CBA keeping close eye on housing investor loans as profits surge to $2.4b
- by Clancy Yeates
Exclusive
Start up technology
‘We did very very poorly’: Airwallex vows to improve culture amid staff survey backlash
- by Charlotte Grieve
Startups
‘Paper bag test’: ASX tech star Appen criticised for skin colour test
Tech darling Appen has been hit by claims of racism in its recruitment processes after it asked job candidates to take a “paper bag test” about their skin colour.
- by Cara Waters
‘You have to have your own back’: Women engineers building startups
Davina Adisusila is used to being one of the few women at software engineering events.
- by Cara Waters
Consumer affairs
Opinion
Superannuation
The real budget reforms that could make women’s lives better in retirement
- by Christina Hobbs
Workplace
