Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s most experienced commentators and journalists. Alan is the founder of Eureka Report, Australia’s most successful investment newsletter, and Business Spectator, a 24-hour free business news and commentary website. He also hosts Inside Business, a half-hour Sunday programme on the ABC, is the finance presenter on the ABC News - and producer of the nightly graph (or two).
Euro worries have dampened Asia's desire to rationalise currency arrangements, but China has an opportunity to unite the region through further liberalisation of the renminbi.
The mere mention of a tapering of the Fed’s bond-buying program sends the market into convulsions. Two sources rule in the search for a signal.
Australian retirees are ripe for a switch from stocks to bonds, says Challenger.
Rating agency Fitch has upgraded Downer EDI’s long-term issuer default rating, saying the mining services company has plenty of work in the pipeline.
Labor is due for a comeuppance at the election but Julia Gillard's political failings are just one of the party's crimes to come out of this wayward parliament.
The way the media and independents are calling it, the Coalition is late for a very important date – running the country.
The rise of e-books potentially spells doom for physical books but are we ready to pay the price for that transition?
Google's pilot program to offer internet access through a network of balloons isn't as crazy as it sounds. In fact it's another example of how combining out-of-the-box thinking with a big budget can lead to interesting innovation.
Wind power is being subject to an effective scare campaign similar to that executed against the carbon tax. Even though the people involved represent a small minority they are influential.
Heavy rain has once again impacted the Yallourn coal mine, the first CEFC investment may have been identified, Waterloo gets the expansion go-ahead, a new solar farm is planned for Queensland and Siemens makes a final move out of solar.
CEOs outline changing views on corporate spending and profits, their economic expectations and political dissatisfaction, including advice for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
UK-based Zeebox wants to be the intermediary for all social media-television interactions. It will not only have to lure viewers, but the networks themselves.
Wall Street continued its steady march upward after strong unemployment data, while growth talk bolstered European markets.
Business Spectator is available on all of your devices so you can access the latest news and commentary where and how you like
Comments on this article
Comments PolicyAdam, the Australian bears are all going to die. Their cave is collapsing, if only we could wake them up. They just can't understand American :)
Adam, you are obviously aiming at a political career. Cut the abuse and analyse the data. Hours worked have hardly risen over the last year or six months in trend terms and as you no doubt know it is much safer to use the trend numbers than the votatile seasonally adjusted series. Output may be growing at trend, but hours worked are certainly not. Could it be output could grow faster than trend without causing inflation pressures because of the sectoral shift in output towards resource related sectors that employ few people.