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Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... peaked on March 9 when oil prices jumped through US$110 per barrel and the ASX200 fell 2.8% in its worst day since US trade tariffs were announced in April 2025. Daily switching numbers have since eased, the super fund said but remain above typical levels. ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... investment regime and opened our Investor Front Door," Chalmers said. "We're reforming the payments system, abolishing tariffs, cutting red tape and streamlining the National Construction Code. "We're seizing the opportunities from net zero and the digital ...

Trump hit by Supreme Court's 'body blow', strikes back with 15% global tariff

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... "During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinary successful progress of Making America Great Again - GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!" ...

Family offices hunt opportunities in AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... Geopolitics tops family offices' concerns as 74% view it as a significant investment risk, followed by trade policy and tariffs (60%), economic growth (57%) and interest rates (55%). J.P. Morgan Private Bank global co-head of the family office practice ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... prices. Electricity costs remain elevated, new dwelling construction costs are proving slow to unwind, and higher global tariffs are beginning to flow through supply chains into consumer prices. Services inflation also remains sticky, which historically ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... chief executive Nigel Green said the speech was "not conciliatory". "It was highly aggressive. Trump repeatedly praised tariffs, defended their effectiveness, and presented them as a proven way to achieve national objectives," Green said. "Investors ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... uncertainty. In recent days, Trump has threatened to use military force to cease control of Greenland. He also threatened tariffs on countries that oppose his plans. "The decision is rooted in the weak public finances in the US, which has led us to assess ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs is not borne by foreign exporters, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The ...

IMF flags 'drawn out' inflation battle in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... intact," the IMF said. Divergence between the United States and most other countries lingers. With pass-through from higher tariffs gradually materialising, US core inflation is projected to return to the country's 2% target during 2027. "Australia and ...

Trump imposes tariffs as Greenland bid escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
US President Donald Trump has escalated his bid to acquire Greenland, imposing additional tariffs on European allies. The 10% tariffs on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK is effective February 1 ...