Today
US eyes Iran attack; Musk interviews Trump; Airtrunk’s $20b tax test
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- Opinion
- US election
Trump calling Harris a communist shows he’s desperate
The vice president is a social democrat, but that doesn’t mean she believes in state control of the economy.
- Paul Krugman
Yesterday
Pelosi welcomes Harris home as West Coast donors raise $18m
The former House speaker appeared with the Democratic presidential nominee in San Francisco at an event the Harris campaign said raised more than $18 million.
- Jeff Mason
Investors hit pause on Biden’s manufacturing renaissance
Companies said deteriorating market conditions, slowing demand, and lack of policy certainty in a high-stakes election year have caused them to change their plans.
- Amanda Chu, Alexandra White and Rhea Basarkar
JB Hi-Fi rallies; CFMEU jail warning; A luxury home agent speaks
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This Month
Harris courts Latino vote with tax pledge, leads Trump in key states
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Darlene Superville and Josh Boak
Inside the worst three weeks of Donald Trump’s campaign
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
- Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
The former president’s team accused Iran of stealing sensitive internal documents, a day after Microsoft warned of foreign interference in the US election.
- Bill Barrow
Harris leads Trump in three key states, say the latest polls
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
Foxtel for sale; Viktor Shvets’ market lesson; Sydney home eyes record
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Trump says debate back on, lashes ‘radical left’ Harris
The former president and Republican candidate taunted his Democrat opponent while recommitting to a face-off against Kamala Harris after earlier backing out.
- Lisa Lerer
- Opinion
- Kamala Harris
The big risk in Kamala Harris’ surprise choice for VP
Tim Walz’s down-to-earth language was transformed into the equivalent of a political magic wand, but there’s a risk in overlooking Josh Shapiro in the must-win swing state of Pennsylvania.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
There’s ‘only one outcome’ that really matters, and it’s not Trump v Harris
Calmer markets mean investors are back to worrying about US politics and the Middle East conflict. But this leading strategist says both fears are overdone.
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- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Immigration
Populist surge makes it essential to spread gains of migration
Conflict over migration is now breaking out into the open in Western nations. But excessive limits would have a high cost too.
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Opinion
- US election
What does China make of America’s topsy-turvy election?
Beijing will have trouble working out whether a hard or soft approach to a new US administration will work best.
- Ian Bremmer
Chalmers disputes RBA; Rex sale looms; Why Harris chose Walz
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- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed will not let markets dictate a rate cut
The US central bank reacts to the sharemarket only when volatility threatens financial stability. For the moment, there is no evidence that this is the case.
- Barry Eichengreen
Why America’s broligarchs support Donald Trump
Some Silicon Valley CEOs see any form of democratic constraint on themselves as illegitimate by definition.
- Brooke Harrington
- Opinion
- Global economy
Shouldn’t the world thank China for producing too much stuff?
If trade policy were about consumers, the US and EU would thank China for its cheap EVs, batteries and solar panels and its contribution to lowering carbon emissions.
- Gary Hufbauer
- Opinion
- US election
Beware the march of the childless voter
The number of non-reproducers is already large and it’s rising, and unfortunately for J.D. Vance, these people may not have kids, but they do have votes.
- Pilita Clark
