Learning to love a recession
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Learning to love a recession

Downturns can produce some long-term economic improvements, even if it doesn't feel like it at the time.

Cameron Bagrie 24 Jun 2022
Tossing money like confetti
Economy

Cameron Bagrie: Tossing money like confetti

Economist Cameron Bagrie worries that the momentum in government spending growth is a juggernaut without brakes.

Cameron Bagrie 26 May 2022
Budget 2022: a big-spending juggernaut
Economy

Cameron Bagrie: Budget 2022: a big-spending juggernaut

Controlling government spending to tamp down factors that are causing high inflation should be a priority for the government, but a big-spending budget is already baked in.

Cameron Bagrie 16 May 2022
Thin blue line meets budget red ink
Economy

Cameron Bagrie: Thin blue line meets budget red ink

A budget initiative to deal with a spate of crimes finds itself subject to a thief of another kind: inflation.

Cameron Bagrie 13 May 2022