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Ian Verrender
Ian Verrender is the ABC's Business Editor. A journalist for more than 30 years, Verrender began working in print in 1981 as assistant economist for Rural Press and later freelanced for The Bulletin before moving to AAP-Reuters. He spent 25 years at The Sydney Morning Herald in a variety of roles including Senior Writer, Business Editor and Senior Business Commentator. He joined Business Spectator and Eureka Report in 2012 and since 2005, also worked at Sydney radio station 2UE providing early morning business commentary. He joined the ABC in 2014.
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analysis:The uncomfortable truth about record immigration levels, rents and inflation
By business editor Ian Verrender
High rents are driving our inflation because of record levels of immigration, and few appear willing to confront the problem. But this is not — and should not — be an argument about multiculturalism, race or diversity, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Chinese influence and bids for Pacific power don't mix, as Albanese is finding out
By business editor Ian Verrender
The itinerary of Anthony Albanese's latest foreign excursions involved some incredible diplomatic U-turns that neatly sum up the dilemma and danger we face in our region, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Can Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin survive another debacle?
By business editor Ian Verrender
A year after a cyber attack exposed the personal details of millions of Optus customers, the telco boss is on another apology tour. She seems to have learned nothing, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Why the RBA will probably deliver a Melbourne Cup Day rate rise even though it doesn't need to
By business editor Ian Verrender
Tuesday's RBA meeting is about more than rates — it's also a credibility test in disguise. After all, you can only make an explicit threat so many times and not follow through without eroding your authority, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Vanessa Hudson torches last sliver of goodwill defending 'ghost flights'
By business editor Ian Verrender
A change in leadership at Qantas and the ACCC has led to more of the same from both, which is a looming disaster for the airline and a credit to the regulator, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Michele Bullock has threatened rate hikes for weeks. Could the Reserve Bank be about to take the gamble?
By business editor Ian Verrender
Higher fuel prices make a compelling argument for the RBA to lift rates again next month, but the risks of it setting a foot wrong when it comes to policy are high to extreme, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Why global financial markets are walking a tightrope
By business editor Ian Verrender
Even before the Middle East tragedy, the sudden shift in interest rates had begun to expose serious problems in the global economy. That's now suddenly escalated, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The Qantas flame-out is a symptom of something much more serious
By business editor Ian Verrender
Qantas may well be an extreme example of the greed and hubris that is endemic in the corporate world, but it is far from alone, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The never-ending spin that protected Alan Joyce and Qantas from reality has started to unravel
By business editor Ian Verrender
Alan Joyce will leave Qantas after 15 years with $125 million, while the airline's operations have suffered and its reputation has been trashed, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Alan Joyce leaves Qantas with an enviable record — getting more back from the tax office than it's ever paid
By business editor Ian Verrender
Instead of being praised for Qantas's financial health, Alan Joyce is under fire — and it's all to do with how much taxpayer support it received versus how much tax it paid, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Turning Japanese: Why China could be heading for a fall
By business editor Ian Verrender
For much of the past 15 years, China has been developing a weapon that now has become increasingly unstable and that threatens to detonate from within, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Why our corporate leaders are playing it cool on record profits
By business editor Ian Verrender
For decades, in the absence of a financial crisis or a royal commission, only those clutching CBA shares or financial analysts took any real notice of bank earnings announcements. Not now, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The Australian dollar is on the slide, and no-one knows just how low it will go
By business editor Ian Verrender
Despite years of trade surpluses and a budget surplus to boot, the Australian dollar is on the slide once more — and it's all thanks to commodities and interest rates, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Inflation is falling rapidly — but economists are ignoring the signs because their textbooks tell them to
By business editor Ian Verrender
Inflation might be rapidly falling, but economists will stick to their textbooks to argue another rate rise is needed. It's little wonder why it's earned the reputation of being the dismal science, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:China's economy is in serious trouble — and it's bad news for Australia
By business editor Ian Verrender
China's economy is in serious trouble. The country's property sector, once a powerhouse of national economic growth, is in meltdown — and there are predictions of worse to come, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Fossil fuel prices have collapsed. So why are we paying more for electricity?
By business editor Ian Verrender
Inflation is creating inflation. Unlike previous episodes where higher prices sparked wage breakouts, a large portion of our inflation is being driven by interest rate hikes, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The 'narrow path' is locked in, and the new RBA chief can't perform miracles for home owners
By business editor Ian Verrender
Will RBA veteran Michele Bullock be able to deliver for a generation of home-buyers now facing possible oblivion as their monthly repayments double? She'll need a miracle, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:What if soaring rates don't kill inflation? Central banks may be about to blow up the economy
By business editor Ian Verrender
We could be wreaking havoc trying to reach the 2 to 3 per cent inflation target, writes business editor Ian Verrender. What if it's a goal that is unattainable?
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analysis:Abandon all logic — whether the RBA pauses rates comes down to a coin toss
By business editor Ian Verrender
With the economy slowing, inflation pressures easing and household expenditure diving, starting the new financial year with hike number 13 could well prove to be an ominous sign, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Can a $1 deal save PwC or will it follow Arthur Andersen into oblivion?
By business editor Ian Verrender
In a sublime combination of breathtaking arrogance and dazzling ineptitude, the Australian arm of global accounting giant PwC has managed to turn a possible crime into a national crisis and then allowed it to evolve into a catastrophe, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Interest rates aren't working in the way we thought they would and it's not clear why
By business editor Ian Verrender
While economic growth is slowing, the jobs market hasn't been this strong since the 1950s. Unemployment is plumbing half century lows — a development that has everyone from central banks to politicians scratching their heads, writes Ian Verrender.
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analysis:'Militant workers', 'greedy capitalists' or neither — who's really to blame for the inflation crisis?
By business editor Ian Verrender
Finger-pointing over what or who is responsible for inflation is gaining momentum. But the cause of and solutions for the issue are very hard to identify, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The property market rebound could see us heading into uncharted and dangerous territory
By business editor Ian Verrender
There is one issue that stands head and shoulders above the rest as Philip Lowe's greatest threat in the battle to control inflation, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:Australia's iron ore boom is fading. What will replace it?
By business editor Ian Verrender
After one of the most prolonged booms in history, running for the best part of a quarter of a century, signs are emerging that Australia's great iron age is beginning to fade, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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analysis:The great productivity con. Why your pay isn't keeping up with inflation
By business editor Ian Verrender
Australia's industrial relations system is like Catch-22. You can't have a pay rise until productivity improves. And productivity can't improve until you get a pay rise, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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