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The Spectators

FRED BERGSTEN & JACOB FUNK KIRKEGAARD, VOXEU

Europe's impending crisis solution

Europe's political powers are playing chicken but as a crash looms closer, the right deals will be struck and Europe will emerge stronger and with its currency intact.
Jan 27

BILL EVANS

WEEKEND ECONOMIST: Full-scale fiscal union

For Europe's currency union to survive, the region must achieve fiscal union as well, but the process will be slow and require significant sacrifices by Germany and the 'peripherals'.
Jan 27


STEPHEN BARTHOLOMEUSZ

A pressing retail chain reaction

It is not yet clear whether Australia's big retailers have responded too late to deep structural changes in the retail sector, but their new-found sense of urgency is a start.
Jan 27

STEVE KORNACKI, SALON.COM

Why the GOP race could be for naught

With the popularity of US presidents tied to the health of the US economy, a continued pick-up in jobs growth could put Obama in a very strong position at the next election.
Jan 27


Click here to read Spectator articles: Stephen Bartholomeusz

KOHLER, GOTTLIEBSEN & BARTHOLOMEUSZ

KGB: Bendigo Bank's Mike Hirst

The chief executive says a housing market decline would be orderly if it occurs, and he is considering following ANZ in decoupling from the Reserve Bank's official rates decisions.
Jan 27

STRATFOR

Watching a PNG quagmire

The mutiny in Papua New Guinea may be over, but Australian still has good reason to monitor the situation closely.
Jan 27

DANIEL J WEISS

CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Obama's plan to empower America

The US president's State of the Union address outlined a plan for 'an America built to last', with a clean energy agenda that would create jobs, lower energy bills and cut pollution. But will the Republicans help build it?
Jan 27

LORRAINE ELLIOTT

Coasting on a NSW culinary adventure

A road trip through the mid north coast of NSW uncovers a region packed with delicacies, free range and otherwise, from a contingent of family businesses.
Jan 27

SHANE WHITE

THE WEEK AHEAD

Locally, trade and building approval figures will dominate the week's economic news, while offshore the US earnings season starts to wind down.
Jan 27

BUSINESS SPECTATOR EDITORS

EDITORS' PICKS

In this week's essential reading guide, Kohler explains why the Australian dollar will just keep soaring, while Gottliebsen outlines a plan to apply the brakes. Bartholomeusz inspects Jobs' stellar Apple legacy and Maley sees challenges ahead for Angela Merkel.
Jan 27