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Labor has delivered a very positive economic environment for working families — but only if they can afford their own home. It’s a different experience for the renters and those trying to buy.

Voters won’t give Labor credit for economic management because they’re convinced they can’t keep up with the cost of living and they don’t like Julia Gillard.

Voters are significantly more worried about the economy, according to today’s Essential Report. And the Coalition has stretched its already big voting intention lead.

Labor’s reputation on the issues that influence voting intention continues to worsen.

Kevin Rudd has his hands on the wheel of the boat people issue and he’s aptly steering it to his political power, writes Dennis Shanahan. Will immigration become the new economic management upper hand of Labor?

Kevin Rudd might be talking crap when he purports to explain how neoliberalism plunged us into recession but John Howard shouldn’t even be given airtime. He was a shabby economic manager.

Who has clout? Who courts controversy? Who has a high profile portfolio? Who has a marginal seat? They’re some of the questions Crikey asked Media Monitors to help us answer.

Will we be seeing any more big spending policies? Probably not. There’s a practical reason for that, writes Christian Kerr.

The Prime Minister has made a major statement on economic management this morning in an effort to restate the Coalition’s credentials in the wake of yesterday’s interest rate rise, writes Christian Kerr.

It’s odd that John Howard is so hopeless at leaders’ debates. He is, in theory, an ideal debate contestant. Yet, last night he was nervous, repetitive, and crabby, writes Wayne Errington.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this election is “It’s Time” versus economic management, writes Christian Kerr.

The Prime Minister and the Treasurer have told us this morning that interest rates simply had to rise because the economy is so good. Nice spin, writes Christian Kerr.