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  1. Grim signs the globe is about to run short of food
    By Ian Verrender

    Just as the global economy was adjusting to higher fuel prices, a new inflationary wave is about to hit. This time, the shortages will involve food and the poorest nations will be the worst affected.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/glo

    #Inflation #UnrestConflictandWar #ClimateChange #AgriculturalPrices #FoodDeliveryServices #IanVerrender

  2. Australia's national debt has hit $1 trillion but there's another figure that's more important
    By Ian Verrender

    As the US crosses the $40 trillion mark it's easy to look at dollar signs but ratio to GDP is more relevant, writes Ian Verrender.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/ana

    #FinancialMarkets #GovernmentDebt #WorldPolitics #GovernmentPolicy #Economy #IanVerrender

  3. What happens if property prices drop 20pc? Ask New Zealand or Canada
    By Ian Verrender

    Canada and New Zealand have never recovered from their pre-COVID property market records. It is worthwhile examining what we can learn.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/wha

    #PropertyPrices #InterestRates #HousingPolicy #EconomicGrowth #IanVerrender

  4. The public unravelling of a playboy pub owner
    By Ian Verrender

    Even as he was trying to stave off bankruptcy, failed hotel owner Jon Adgemis was still living the high life, forking out more than $60,000 a month in rent while he tooled around town in a Mercedes G63, worth $430,000.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/how

    #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #IanVerrender

  5. Will the RBA blink on inflation as the property market slows?
    By Ian Verrender

    Deflating a property bubble takes some skill, something that has escaped almost every government or central bank that has ever attempted it.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/wil

    #InterestRates #ReserveBankOfAustralia #Mortgages #PropertyPrices #Inflation #CostofLiving #IanVerrender

  6. Trump is not shy of collecting spoils, and the US presidency has plenty
    By Ian Verrender

    The US president's most-recent filings indicate he pocketed more than $US2.2 billion last year through ventures ostensibly run by his family.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/ver

    #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #WorldPolitics #IanVerrender

  7. Billion-dollar property collapse highlights private credit danger
    By Ian Verrender

    Examinations of the downfall of Jon Adgemis's property empire may well shed light on the extent to which private credit firms, essentially a shadow banking industry with little or no regulation, have their hooks into the economy.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/pro

    #CreditandLending #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #PropertyPrices #HospitalityIndustry #IanVerrender

  8. The South Korean drama that has global investors fixated
    By Ian Verrender

    Balance is a fundamental principle of everyday life on the Korean peninsula, but the worst stock market crash in the nation's history threatens the livelihood of millions.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/kor

    #FinancialMarkets #InformationTechnologyIndustry #IanVerrender

  9. How much are you prepared to pay for fuel security?
    By Ian Verrender

    Experts say a new refinery would need to use imported oil and question how it would be competitive.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/doe

    #OilandGas #PetrolPrices #NationalSecurity #IanVerrender

  10. Trump tips the balance towards China in trade war
    By Ian Verrender

    China has the market sewn up in everything from solar panels to battery manufacturing and wind turbines. And now it is challenging America's commanding role in technology.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/tru

    #Manufacturing #AI #AutomotiveIndustry #FinancialMarkets #Trade #IanVerrender

  11. How China won the car wars
    By Ian Verrender

    In June, a bulk carrier made an unprecedented delivery of EVs to Australia, sounding an ominous warning to the world's automakers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/chi

    #AutomotiveIndustry #ElectricVehicles #IanVerrender

  12. Tech wreck or tech correction? Why stocks are shuddering
    By Ian Verrender

    Elon Musk's latest venture sent global stock markets to dizzying heights, but its performance since does not augur well for the company or the future of the AI boom.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/pre

    #AI #StockMarket #InformationTechnologyIndustry #IanVerrender

  13. Why oil prices are about to surge
    By Ian Verrender

    There is a rapidly escalating supply crunch that has yet to show up on oil markets. While the price of crude has risen in the past week, as the fragile ceasefire has crumbled, the remarkably restrained price moves have helped create a false sense of security.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-18/ver

    #OilandGas #IanVerrender

  14. How our property obsession killed productivity
    By Ian Verrender

    With housing prices coming off the boil, maybe our banks will start lending to more productive areas of the economy, like business.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/wil

    #PropertyPrices #Productivity #HousingPolicy #IanVerrender

  15. Can Australia avoid the next round of the global energy crisis?
    By Ian Verrender

    As the conflict has dragged on, gas prices have soared and now threaten to up-end the economies of Europe and Asia.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/aus

    #OilandGas #UnrestConflictandWar #IanVerrender

  16. Donald Trump teaches crypto devotees a valuable lesson
    By Ian Verrender

    US President Donald Trump should have been a godsend to the mysterious world of cryptocurrency. Instead, it has been a godsend to him.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/tru

    #Cryptocurrency #FinancialMarkets #AI #IanVerrender