Matthew Cranston
Financial Review
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Past articles by Matthew:
US immigration crisis riling all political persuasions: poll
Americans from both sides of politics are increasingly dissatisfied with the country’s immigration crisis. → Read More
Biden wants bigger Indo-Pacific budget to counter China
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said more resources are needed to counter China’s rising threat. → Read More
Marles wants Beijing answers on spy balloon drifting over the US
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says China has more to answer for as its spy balloon drifts across America. → Read More
Google move casts cloud over Mirvac, GPT
Cutting staffing costs at the tech giant Alphabet means cutting office space, too. → Read More
IBM warns of Australia’s rising cost of cybersecurity
The tech giant says a shortage of skilled workers is exposing businesses to rising cyber threats. → Read More
US inflation eases, opening door for Federal Reserve to downshift
The consumer price index was 0.1 per cent lower in December from November, driven by a sharp drop in energy prices. → Read More
US senator softens line on AUKUS subs capacity
US politicians have clarified their willingness to build nuclear submarines for Australia after earlier expressing concerns. → Read More
This start-up has gained the attention of the world’s richest people
Australian Tom Oxley’s Synchron has become the centre of attention for three of the world’s richest people including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. → Read More
US seeks Australia’s backing on labour in Pacific trade deal
The White House is making improved labour standards a key part of the planned new trade pact for the Pacific. → Read More
Pentagon boosts tech company investment to take on China
The Pentagon has started a new office to speed up private investment in areas of national security. → Read More
US beefs up Pacific allies’ defences to counter China
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said China, like its ally Russia, seeks a world where “might makes right”. → Read More
Big donors dump Donald Trump after comeback bid
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman says the Republican Party needs new leadership, joining other high-profile donors in refusing to back Mr Trump. → Read More
Australian firms win slice of Biden’s $4.5b critical minerals grants
The US Department of Energy has awarded $780 million worth of funding to Australian companies operating in America. → Read More
Conroy urges US to relax ‘stubborn’ barriers to tech transfer
Defence industry minister Pat Conroy urged the US to relax barriers to military technology transfer. → Read More
Trump Senate pick hit by abortion scandal as midterms near
Pro-life Republican candidate Herschel Walker has been rocked by controversy as next month’s US midterm elections heat up. → Read More
How many jobs must be cut before the Fed stops raising rates?
It seems a perverse idea that the US central bank would want to see fewer people employed, but currently there are too many Americans getting too big a pay rise, with only one person to fill every two jobs on offer. → Read More
Biden shifts midterm focus onto Trump and his MAGA base
The US President said MAGA forces were determined to take the country backwards. → Read More
The bigger fear for markets now is rate cuts, not rises
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell cannot afford to make the same mistakes Arthur Burns made in the 1970s. → Read More
Fed’s message on rates is mispricing the sharemarket bottom
Minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting have wrong-footed the sharemarket. → Read More
Cheney loses Republican primary in Trump victory
Liz Cheney, the Republican who has spearheaded investigations into Donald Trump’s role in the US Capitol uprising, has lost her congressional primary race. → Read More