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Passing of US stimulus package shows Joe Biden is not a ‘president hamstrung’

11 March 2021

Interview byJames Brown

Trade and economics

Real-time measures of the US economy point to collapse in activity and employment

7 May 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

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Trade and economics

US Q1 GDP will be bad, but will sound worse to Australians than it really is

29 April 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

The downturn in the US economy and the implications for Australia

11 April 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

Twice the size in a fraction of the time: Government responses to the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19

9 April 2020

Brief byDavid Uren

Trade and economics

The US unemployment rate is set to eclipse the worst of the Great Depression

5 April 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

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Facing a new global economic crisis, how did US and Australian policymakers fare in the last one?

3 April 2020

Commentary byDavid Uren

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Trade and economics

It’d be a mistake to shut financial markets: more than ever, we need them to work

23 March 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

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Trade and economics

RBA should follow Fed’s lead on QE

19 March 2020

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

Productivity growth is still ‘almost everything'

27 March 2019

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

Defending Australia's open door: Don't blame globalisation for populism

14 November 2018

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

US bond bears are right, but for all the wrong reasons

15 October 2018

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner