This week in The Fin podcast, South-East Asia correspondent Emma Connors on how India is poised to overtake China as the world's most populous nation, why this historic shift will change the balance of power and what it means for the global economy and Australia's trade with the region.

Background reading:

• China’s drop in births triggers a new global challenge China is facing a demographic crisis after deaths outstripped births last year for the first time since the country was ravaged by famine under Mao Zedong’s rule in the 1960s.
• Why Australia needs India more than ever (in five charts) Not since China’s rapid rise in the 1990s have people been so excited about what the Australian DFAT describes as an ‘unprecedented economic opportunity’.
• Modi’s India: Condoms, contradictions and global ambitions In April, India will pass China to become the world’s biggest country by population, and it’s flexing its muscles from the G20 stage.

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This week in The Fin podcast, senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on how the latest financial crisis spread across the globe, what Australian banks and regulators are doing about it and where the next fire might start.

Background reading:

• The dark side of Australian banking exceptionalism Making too-big-to-fail banks even bigger might not be the solution the global banking system needs or wants.
• Total wipeout for Credit Suisse hybrid holders rattles debt investors The total loss for hybrid holders, who have fared even worse than lower ranking equity holders, could have widespread ramifications in already skittish fixed income markets.
• Where the banking crisis goes next The speed with which the banking crisis has rolled out, and government support has rolled in, raises big questions for investors.

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This week in The Fin podcast, reporter Michael Read on what has caused this rental squeeze, how it’s affecting the economy and what’s being done to fix it.

Background reading:

• Record monthly rent surge is a timebomb for inflation Asking rents in capital cities jumped a record-breaking 2.4 per cent in the past 30 days, triggering fears that the increase will further stoke inflation.
• Why rents are only going higher In the past 12 months, rents surged at a record-breaking pace of 14.6 per cent for houses and by 17.6 per cent for units as vacancies plummeted to a record low.
• The suburbs that are home to Sydney’s biggest NIMBYs Councils in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and lower north shore are the city’s most anti-development local government areas, with new research showing aggressive NIMBYism is driving property prices higher amid chronic under-building.

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From Monday, March 20 on the How I Made It podcast, you’ll hear stories from women who’ve faced down enormous challenges to take a simple idea and build a business.

They’re changing the face of Australian business and paving the way for a new generation of female leaders.

We’ll uncover the daily hacks they use to get ahead and they’ll share some unique challenges that, rightly or wrongly, get thrown at them simply because they’re women.

Listen to Female Founders fortnightly on the How I Made It feed, as we reveal how these entrepreneurs got their businesses off the ground and the sacrifices made in the relentless pursuit of success.  

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This week in The Fin podcast, national reporter Samantha Hutchinson on why the NSW race is tight, whether the Coalition government can cling onto power and what message that would send to Peter Dutton.

Background reading:

• Chris Minns, the pragmatist aiming for the top After 12 years in the wilderness, the Labor leader thinks the timing is finally right to seize the top job in NSW.
• Dominic Perrottet: The ‘anti-pollie politician’ He’s a fierce economic and social conservative at heart. But he’s also been billed as one of the most innovative political leaders in the country.
• Perrottet’s future fund for kids to cost up to $710 million per year The proposal, the centrepiece of the Liberal’s reelection pitch, has come under fire from economists.

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Today on The Fin, Fashion editor Lauren Sams tells us what’s happening on the runways in Paris, why Gen Z is so interested and how it’s reshuffling the rich lists. And AFR Magazine editor Matthew Drummond gives his take on the biggest challenge facing luxury brands.

Background reading:

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/fashion-and-style/here-s-what-you-ll-be-wearing-in-2023-20230306-p5cplq

http://afr.com/women-of-influence/grit-and-gut-instinct-take-women-to-top-of-fashion-world-20230226-p5cnqm

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/fashion-and-style/bernard-arnault-promotes-daughter-delphine-in-lvmh-reshuffle-20230112-p5cc7s

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/fashion-and-style/the-secret-to-zimmermann-s-31-year-success-staying-in-its-lane-20220606-p5arex

 

 

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This week in The Fin podcast, senior correspondent Jacob Greber on how close we are to the point at which every Australian’s next car decision is electric. And motoring writer Tony Davis on what’s out there to buy.

Background reading:

• Motoring groups offer qualified support for Labor’s emissions standard Australia’s peak motoring body backed by 8.7 million car owners has endorsed Chris Bowen’s push to introduce an emissions standard on new vehicles but cautioned against wiping out ever-improving hybrid and internal combustion engine technology.
• Tax breaks for EVs to save drivers about $30,000 Electric vehicle fleet and lease companies are bracing for an explosion in demand after the government clinched a crossbench Senate deal to exempt low-and-zero emission cars from fringe benefits tax, potentially saving buyers more than $30,000.
• Which EV will you choose Stock shortages and a limited choice of models made finding the right electric vehicle hard work for many Australians. That is about to change.

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This week in The Fin podcast, economics editor John Kehoe on why Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is facing an uphill battle to keep his job and what that means for the economy.

Background reading:

• Replacing Philip Lowe at the RBA is not so easy There’s a handful of candidates in the mix to succeed Philip Lowe, but the dilemma for Jim Chalmers is there is no obvious replacement.
• The day RBA boss Philip Lowe nearly died The central bank chief had felt tired as he walked offstage at a conference on financial stability in Ottawa on May 5, 2016. He thought it was jet lag. It wasn’t.
• Lowe briefs traders at Barrenjoey after rates meeting Philip Lowe attended the investment bank’s event after declining to make a public address on the outlook for monetary policy, which he has done after the first RBA board meeting of the year since 2017.

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Ahead of next week’s one-year anniversary, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on what happens next in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Background reading:

• Ukraine braces for air assault, West scrambles for more supplies Western countries are scrambling to find enough weapons to shore up Ukraine’s defences, as reports suggest Russia is massing aircraft on the border in preparation for an all-out assault.
• Zelensky tours Europe seeking aircraft to push back Putin Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky is making a lightning visit to London, Paris and Brussels, pressing the case for more weapons ahead of an expected Russian onslaught in coming weeks.
• Inside the mission to turn Ukrainians into war heroes Olena, a 46-year-old woman with a teenage daughter back home in Kyiv, is standing in helmet and flak jacket atop a classic rolling green hill in south-west England.

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Economics correspondent Ronald Mizen on why Australia’s corporate regulator is facing its biggest shake-up in 15 years, and whether Joe Longo is up to the challenge.

Background reading: 

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/asic-chairman-gave-abject-apology-for-emotional-outburst-20230125-p5cff7

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/longo-s-asic-reset-aims-for-faster-enforcement-20230117-p5cda1

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/asic-let-wagyu-and-shiraz-narrative-get-twisted-says-watchdog-20230121-p5cefg

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