Wayne Swan was embarrassed by Nairu yesterday. Thomas Hunter here compiles a list of economic terms for the new Treasurer.
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Will the Treasurer chide banks? Erm, don’t bank on it
The disruption in global financial markets might be continuing but for Mr Swan the time for action to replace talk has surely arrived, writes Richard Farmer.
Treasurer’s phone rings an alarm bell
It is far from an everyday occurrence for the Treasurer of Australia to have a chat on the phone with his United States counterpart. And last week’s call from US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson should make sensible people more than a little apprehensive about what lies ahead, writes Richard Farmer.
Taking on the banks: huffing and puffing will blow nothing down
Making threatening noises when there is nothing he can actually do is a strange course for Labor’s new boy Treasurer Wayne Swan to be taking, writes Richard Farmer.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Sitting comfortably Mr Rudd? Across the books yet Mr Swan? Could be quite a year ahead.
Saul Eslake: Changing the rules of engagement
Upon coming to power, new Treasurer Wayne Swan announced he will work more closely with Treasury than his predecessor, and the RBA annonced significant changes to the way it communicates its work with the financial community and the public. ANZ Chief Economist muses on the apparent changes to the rules of engagement.
Will Swan’s untidy past come back to bite him?
Crikey understands a News Limited tabloid is preparing a piece on our alternative treasurer – a detailed piece that will revisit a potentially embarrassing episode.
Why housing affordability mustn’t mean cheaper houses
With all their current talk about a housing affordability crisis, there is one thing that federal Labor members are at pains to make clear – they do not want cheaper houses. If that sounds a touch strange, then welcome to electoral arithmetic.
