Productivity
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Will the AI boom lead to lower interest rates?
New US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says the productivity gains from artificial intelligence will allow significant cuts in interest rates. More like the opposite.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Analysis
- Workplace
We’re working harder than ever. So why don’t the metrics show it?
It feels like we’re all working hard for the salary we take home, so why do we keep hearing about a productivity slump?
- Nina Hendy
‘Nobody schedules meetings on Friday’: Is the four-day workweek already here?
While no one likes being stuck in a meeting as the weekend fast approaches, for some businesses it’s become more than just a case of the end-of-week blues.
- Emily Chantiri
Taylor drops Dutton-era hostility to business, as Canavan calls for tariffs
An average Australian will be $35,000 worse off over the next decade under Labor, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will warn in his first major economic speech since becoming opposition leader.
- Paul Sakkal
Australians bearing the brunt of ‘second-best’ climate plans
One of the nation’s leading economists says Australians are paying the price for a political class that is “far from brave” when it comes to climate policy.
- Shane Wright
‘From laggard to leader’: Australia’s tech gamble surges $30b in six months
Australian businesses are going on a technology spending spree – with recent investment in data centres making the nation a world leader in less than a year.
- Shane Wright
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance
Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It creates a recipe for populism.
- Waleed Aly
- Analysis
- AI
This AI bot made me do my own expenses, then bragged about ‘helping’
The AI world is abuzz about a new tool that they claim can file expenses, analyse spreadsheets and organise your computer. But is it up to the challenge?
- Tim Biggs
LNP to retain character zoning to protect ‘Queenslander’ homes
The state government has rejected productivity commission calls to scrap character zoning in a bid to boost construction.
- Matt Dennien
Cut company tax, cut red tape to get the country racing: PC
The government has been told by its key economic adviser that to lift living standards it needs to cut company tax and red tape.
- Shane Wright