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Ian Verrender

Sydney

Business Editor at ABC News (Australia)

@ABCaustralia Business Editor. Walkley award winner. Views expressed are mine.

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  • 4 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Ian Verrender

    By Ian Verrender, ABCJust as the teeth-gnashing over our great productivity "crisis" is reaching a crescendo, the whole affair may be just about to solve itself. Ironically, the solution is likely to be centred around what's generally perceived as that other great existential threat, Artificial Intelligence.

  • 4 days ago | radionz.co.nz | Ian Verrender

    By Ian Verrender, ABCJust as the teeth-gnashing over our great productivity "crisis" is reaching a crescendo, the whole affair may be just about to solve itself. Ironically, the solution is likely to be centred around what's generally perceived as that other great existential threat, Artificial Intelligence.

  • 4 days ago | abc.net.au | Ian Verrender

    Just as the teeth-gnashing over our great productivity "crisis" is reaching a crescendo, the whole affair may be just about to solve itself. Ironically, the solution is likely to be centred around what's generally perceived as that other great existential threat, Artificial Intelligence. There's been so much noise about Australia's declining productivity in recent years, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called for a roundtable discussion involving government, business and unions in August.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Ian Verrender

    The South Australian Northern Territory Oil Search, the firm otherwise known as Santos, may finally have met its match. After years of underperformance, promises never quite fulfilled and takeover offers that went nowhere, the 71-year-old company finally raised the white flag this week, recommending shareholders accept a whopping $36 billion takeover bid from a foreign government. But it's hardly a done deal.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Ian Verrender

    What's more frightening? The rapidly escalating horror in the Middle East as Tel Aviv and Tehran trade missile barrages or the sight of America descending into authoritarianism with soldiers on the streets of Los Angeles and military parades in Washington. The world suddenly has become a much more dangerous place as uneasy parallels have begun to emerge between recent events and those of a century ago.

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Ian Verrender
Ian Verrender @IanVerrender
31 Jul 23

I chatted with @samanthahawley on ABC News Daily Pod about why China's economy is in serious trouble. Find it now on the ABC Listen app. #china #economy #property #Construction #ironore #steel #exports https://t.co/xjj8SWqd8l

Ian Verrender
Ian Verrender @IanVerrender
14 Jul 23

Why new RBA Governor Michele Bullock can't deliver interest rate salvation | @abcnews #RBA #MicheleBullock #PhilipLowe #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol #interestrates #mortgages https://t.co/nrexML9uEF

Ian Verrender
Ian Verrender @IanVerrender
10 Jul 23

What if soaring rates don't kill inflation? Central banks may be about to blow up the economy | @abcnews #interestrates #inflation #rba #CentralBanks #unemployment #recession #nairu #auspol #ausecon #ausbiz https://t.co/tpshpvjhYm