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Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz From February 27 to March 4.

How an oil lifeline became a clogged artery: the Strait of Hormuz

Millions of barrels of oil moved through the Strait of Hormuz every day – until the war in Iran started. Now its role in global inflation is under the microscope.

  • Shane Wright

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Sorry folks, this rosy report is as good as it gets this year

Spending, especially among the states, is also growing on everyday services including health, education and policing.

  • Shane Wright
A man has died onboard an Emirates flight overnight.

How the Iran war will impact inflation, your overseas holiday – even your morning toast

Just like his tariffs, Donald Trump’s mixed messages on the conflict with Iran will mean upheaval for Australia’s economy.

  • Shane Wright
Chalmers said the main focus of his speech on Monday was not to criticise Dutton, but that it was important to call out his counterpart’s strategy.

‘No sugarcoating it’: Inflation continues to climb, rate rise tipped before budget day

The Reserve Bank is under increasing pressure to consider a rate rise before the budget in May after new figures showed inflation growing through the start of the year.

  • Shane Wright
Vladimir Putin’s war has crippled Russia’s economy.

Deep freeze: Putin has put Russia’s future in doubt

Putin is steering Russia towards a permanent economic winter.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump has wielded the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as a multipurpose weapon, using it and the tariffs he imposed to, not just force countries into extremely one-sided trade deals, but as geopolitical leverage.

Mad king: Trump just lost his superpower

The US president had access to royal-like powers and he wielded them recklessly. The Supreme Court just took them away.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The dramatic surge in US government debt in only the first year of Trump’s second presidency – about $US2 trillion, and rising, has been added – have raised concerns about America’s longer term fiscal stability.

Trump has opened the door for Europe to attack

The president’s erratic policies have created the best chance in the 75-year history of the “European Project” to erode the dominance of the US dollar.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Michael Brennan says state and federal budgets are in a fragile position.

Nation’s taxpayers not enough to pay for ballooning deficits

State and federal budgets will have been in the red for 20 years by 2028. A new report says workers face more tax to get them in the black.

  • Shane Wright

Radical RBA overhaul could hike rates, keep prices lower: Tim Wilson

On the same day Labor faced criticism for real wages falling for the first time in two years, Wilson made a striking call on how the nation could keep a lid on inflation.

  • Paul Sakkal and Shane Wright
Trump tariffs

Trump is lying about who is really paying for his war on the world

The evidence on who is really footing the bill for Trump’s trade war continues to stack up.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz