Stephen Bartholomeusz

Melbourne

Senior Business Columnist at The Age

Senior Business Columnist at Sydney Morning Herald

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Articles

Federal Reserve continues to watch and wait for Trump’s tariffs to bite

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist June 19, 2025 — 11.38am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The chaotic way in which the Trump tariffs have been rolled out has created a cloud of uncertainty over their eventual effects, leaving the US Federal Reserve Board as confused as everyone else.
Trump’s trade war is starting to bite China’s economy

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

OpinionTrump’s trade war is starting to bite China’s economySaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeChina’s economy is holding up better than expected during this first phase of Donald Trump’s trade war. If it can sustain this, however, is an open question. Government data for May released this week shows there are shifts occurring within the Chinese economy, with strong retail spending offsetting weak investment and continuing factory-gate deflation. Want to unlock unlimited news?
Trump’s trade war is starting to bite China’s economy

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist June 18, 2025 — 11.56am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. China’s economy is holding up better than expected during this first phase of Donald Trump’s trade war. If it can sustain this, however, is an open question.
Made in the US? Trump’s MAGA phone is just another phoney deal

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist June 17, 2025 — 12.15pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Trump family says it’s going to launch a mobile phone service with phones “proudly designed and built in the United States”. Really? Not really. For a start, the statement in the press release claiming that the new “sleek, gold smartphone” will be manufactured in the US is false.
Made in the US? Trump’s MAGA phone is just another phoney deal

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

OpinionMade in the US? Trump’s MAGA phone is just another phoney dealSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe Trump family says it’s going to launch a mobile phone service with phones “proudly designed and built in the United States”. Really? Not really. Want to unlock unlimited news? Read more award-winning journalism from as little as 50c a day. Get startedStephen Bartholomeusz is one of Australia’s most respected business journalists.
Middle East attacks threaten the global economy

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist June 16, 2025 — 11.58am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The latest eruption of conflict in the Middle East has the potential to do considerable damage to markets and economies at a moment when both are vulnerable because of the US assault on global trade.
Middle East attacks threaten the global economy

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

This year, OPEC has been gradually bringing back some of the 6 million barrels a day of production it has held back over the past three years, but there is still a lot of spare capacity on the sidelines in a market that the International Agency says is already over-suppled, with the growth rate in supply about twice that of the growth in demand. Of far greater concern than Iran’s own production is that of the other Middle Eastern producers.
We are about to find out the cost of the Trump chaos

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

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We are about to find out the cost of the Trump chaos

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist June 12, 2025 — 11.58am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Donald Trump hailed the latest US inflation data as “great numbers” and said the Federal Reserve Board should cut interest rates by a full percentage point. His Treasury Secretary attributed the better-than-expected numbers to the administration’s policies. The declarations of victory were premature on both counts.
Has Trump created an opportunity for the euro to displace the US dollar?

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Stephen Bartholomeusz

Has Trump created an opportunity for the euro to displace the US dollar? We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Senior business columnist June 11, 2025 — 11.57am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Donald Trump has created a questionmark over the US dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency. Could the euro provide the answer?