Boromeus Wanengkirtyo, Ivan Yotzov and Mishel Ghassibe Can tomorrow’s costs affect firm prices today? When a temporary tariff schedule on imported inputs was announced in March 2019, many UK firms adjusted prices in anticipation – despite the potential cost change being in the future. In a recent working paper, we use firm‑level survey data to … Continue reading Tomorrow’s costs, today’s prices: why expectations matter for inflation
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest labour force data today (APRIL 16, 2026) – Labour Force, Australia – for March 2026 – which showed that the labour market steadied after last month’s contraction. While employment growth remained positive and was dominated by full-time work gains (as part-time employment fell), the fact that…
Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support.
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Trump and Israel’s war has already compounded the cost of living crisis and had a drastic effect on the world economy.
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The new cost of living crisis triggered by Trump’s war on Iran means real wages are falling.
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Workers will be feeling the impact of the oil crisis produced by Donald Trump’s attack on Iran for months yet—even if the ceasefire holds.
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Forty thousand Victorian government school staff marched on 24 March, in a sea of red AEU shirts, with tens of thousands more out on strike. It was the first strike since 2013.
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NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns’ plans to ban the pro-Palestine phrase “globalise the intifada” appears to have stalled due to government concern over whether the attack on free speech would survive a constitutional challenge.
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NSW and Queensland police are raiding homes and arresting anti-genocide protesters in the latest attempts to scare the Palestine movement off the streets. Queensland police raided the Dorothy Day House, run by a Christian charity in Brisbane, because the occupants hung a banner with the slogan “From the river to the sea, come and get […]
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The blanket ban on Iranian visa holders is an extension of the government’s ruthless practice of cancelling the visa on arrival of anyone they suspect might claim asylum
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Anthony Albanese and Labor are embracing so called “progressive patriotism” in response to rising support for One Nation and the far right.
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Recent months have seen a surge in the polls for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. The South Australian election confirmed what these polls had suggested.
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I sin biografi om Habermas skriver Felsch att han under den intervju han gjorde med Habermas bara några få år före hans bortgång blev undervisad om ”det dystra scenariot om Västs successiva nedgång” (2024:186) och att han nu såg allt det som han hade stått för under hela sitt liv gå förlorat. Och Felsch fortsätter: […]
While shutting down free direct filing for everyday taxpayers, the IRS is letting the ultrawealthy hide billions of dollars in foreign accounts.
The BBC is planning to cut approximately 2,000 jobs over the next two years. Does that add pressure to find a Doctor Who production partner?
Before we even start–I looked up Wooloomooloo so you don’t have to. It is a suburb of Sydney. Therefore, this is an Australian beverage. And although not categorized as a Bloody Mary, the inclusion of tomato sauce/juice makes it eligible to be graded on the Tomato Scale. So, I made it as directed. Here areContinue reading Wonderful Ways to Prepare Cocktails and Mixed Drinks: Woolloomooloo Wonder (1979)
I’ve spent a lot of time around doctors and nurses and low level bureaucrats. Way too much time. I’ve learned a couple things as a result, however. You get the best care from doctors or service from anyone else when they feel you as a human. The best way to get them to feel you […]
Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
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Take a kaleidoscopic journey through the early history of film, inspired by an enduring fascination with motion and form
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I recently learned the distinction between seeing personality in terms of types vs traits – the latter is liberating
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Do you know Baba Yetu? Take three minutes and listen to this performance of Baba Yetu. (Our ancient blogging platform doesn’t like embedded video, so you’ll have to click through to YouTube. Go ahead and click, nothing bad will happen.) Some notes: First off, if you didn’t figure it out from the short prayer at […]
On Tender Hooks Let me cut to the cheese:every time you open your mouth,I’m on tender hooks. You charge at the English languagelike a bowl in a china shop.I wish you’d nip it in the butt. On the spurt of the moment,another eggcorn tumbles out.It’s time you gave up the goat. Curve your enthusiasmand don’t…