@biancoresearch Deficit outlook is getting worse, as tariff revenue is unlikely to offset tax revenue losses.
Tariiff cannot have a transitory impact on inflation while stimulate onshoring, choose one but not both.
@SymonsYahoo@saulkavonic Are we in furious agreement? Oz doesn't have a national energy company and the utilities are not regulated in a way that promotes energy security. So why not have the Commonwealth step in and take the pricing risk to secure supply?
@SymonsYahoo@saulkavonic Might pull you up on that, it's in fact normal practice for national energy companies to commit to long term contracts to then on sell to their domestic markets - JERA, China Resources Gas just to name a few. When you say 'the market', these are the players in the market.
@SymonsYahoo@saulkavonic Hear me out, what if the federal government signs a long term off take contract, preferably from a new Victorian field (you know, lower carbon footprint), then sell that gas to the domestic market at cost?
@liqian_ren Send Liu He to Washington to carry on the facade of negotiating, just keep Trump pinned on 60% tariffs and not any worse. Existing 20% tariffs, higher USD, trade rerouting = better prepared china. Spend time fixing dom social issues, invest in better diplomats to global south etc
@shaunrein China sees competition in a positive light that drives innovation and consumer outcomes. The US and EU sees competition as a threat to their entrenched oligopolies, who will only become addicted to state sponsored protectionism.
@KelvinJPersonMe@SophieScamps 1) bank of last resort needs to determine the cost of borrowing from it, 2) free following trade and floating exchange rate needs flexible ind interest rate to prevent balance of payment crisis, 3) RBA has empirically done its job over time. It works.