Tim Treadgold

It is not the season to be jolly as credit markets continue to crunch banks and governments in a low-growth world.

Will China be the next financial domino to fall? That is a question which was once unthinkable, but which is now being openly discussed, with serious potential consequences for Australia.

The economic clouds over Europe call into question some of the more optimistic projections for local projects.

Are we watching two world-class con jobs, or just another struggle between government and the free market?

Business and political leaders need to consider what happens after there’s nothing left to dig up.

Would you prefer to deposit your money in a bakery or a bank? In Australia, the bank wins every time. In Europe, some people see their local baker as a better bet than the local bank.

In time, faceless proxy vigilantes could destabilise boards to suit their own agenda.

To understand the frightening dimension of the financial crisis unfolding in Europe you need to do two things.

Australia can’t avoid being affected by the looming global shortage of available money.

Is Australia really an island when it comes to the economy? That’s a question with a potentially nasty answer as we fiddle with incomprehensible taxes and the rest of the world burns.

A major new source of energy is emerging that could change the way the world economy functions.

Claremont and Dumbleyung do not have much in common, except in a drought, which for the wheat-belt town is when shops shut because it hasn’t rained, and in ritzy Claremont it’s when shops shut beca

The effects of a strong resources sector are being felt throughout the economy – and it’s not all good news.

Andrew Forrest has a habit of causing controversy, but his latest assault on the establishment could go much further than a headline grabbing declaration about Fortescue Metals skipping any mining

Unpopular they may be, but truth is the world needs bankers.

Australians like to think that their country is in better shape than deeply indebted Europe, but if you analyse the Qantas dispute you discover an identical set of circumstances with time the only

Iron ore miners may have to deal with falling prices in the coming months and years.

It’s taken a while but last week the European banking crisis arrived in Australia via a cancelled funding deal, a sign that raising money for resource developments is about to become a lot tougher.

Two reports, if read together, offer positive signs for home0wners and investors.

A Canadian miner is preparing to ship nickel from the revived Ravensthorpe mine.

Foreign ownership of Collie coal will have positive long-term outcomes.

Today’s confirmation that the coal miner, New Hope, has put itself up for sale follows yesterday’s capitulation by iron ore miner, Sundance, and begs the question: who’s next?

A former Singaporean government minister has offered the West a harsh dose of economic medicine.

Adding gold to the list of metals to be hit with the new mining tax was always a predictable political demand, just as it is easy to see the rate rising -- if only because the tax was doomed to fai

Retailers have every reason for concern following a recent report from the UN.

Softening global commodity demand is this month’s worry. Next month there will be “seven billion reminders” as to why the resource boom will run for decades.

Growing worldwide demand for Australia’s coal makes selling the carbon tax a tricky exercise.

Rinehart v Rinehart is more than a family affair.

Build quality is likely to become an issue in the ‘foreign versus local’ debate.

You might not have heard it but the Swiss National Bank yesterday fired a shot which will be heard around the world, and could prove to be bad news for Australia.

The union movement has a problem with transparency and accountability.

Gina Rinehart may not like it, but she’s about to come under the spotlight again.