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

Interview byJames Brown

Trade and economics

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

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

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

The downturn in the US economy and the implications for Australia

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

Brief byDavid Uren

Trade and economics

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

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?

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

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

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Trade and economics

RBA should follow Fed’s lead on QE

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

Productivity growth is still ‘almost everything'

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

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

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner

Trade and economics

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

Commentary byDr Stephen Kirchner