Economy

The central bank says the growing clout of private equity firms and their desire to take ASX companies private will reduce transparency and diversity on the local market.

Backing down on plans to further increase the superannuation guarantee may help avoid a collision between the Albanese government and businesses ahead of the election.

This week's hot US inflation figures have pushed back the market's rate cut expectations in the world's biggest economy. But Australia is a different story.

Australia's version of the Inflation Reduction Act has been praised by unions. But economists have lambasted the proposal, saying the mistakes of the past are being repeated.

Entrepreneurs and startup founders are worried about collateral damage from Labor's newly announced merger reforms. But don't expect any sympathy from Rod Sims.

The case to index income tax brackets won't go away when this cost-of-living crisis fades.

The energy transition will take hundreds of billions of dollars and decades to achieve. Private capital won't be able to fund it alone.

Backing small business is hot right now. But the big corporates versus small enterprise fight might be the creation of politicians, not business owners.

In 2019, UNSW professor Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of the Year. Today, the Yale-educated academic says few of her peers will even speak to her.

There's no doubt interest rates affect the property market, but how it looks each cycle can vary.

Up to 1 million small businesses in Australia aren't profitable. Small business lobby group COSBOA has a wishlist of measures it thinks could help many survive.

There's a growing sense the relationship between Corporate Australia and Big Tech has never been frostier.

The sun was shining on the markets this week. But should they be preparing for the possibility of floods?

The factors holding back the energy transition are strikingly similar to those holding back tax reform. Might the solution to both be the same?