Inside Story

Books & arts Central bankers unbound John Edwards 21 September 2022 The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along National affairs Confessions of a Reserve Bank board member John Edwards 16 November 2021 An inquiry into the bank’s past decade might yield interesting results, but it misses Australia’s real challenge National affairs Banking their winnings Helen Bird 27 August 2021 Despite the early fanfare, the government has backed down on key recommendations of the banking royal commission in the face of industry lobbying National affairs Trouble at the Bank Adam Triggs 1 March 2021 With hundreds of thousands still unemployed, the Reserve Bank is under growing pressure to do more

National affairs Paying the piper, but not quite calling the tune James Murphy 6 August 2018 The finance industry is over-represented among political donors. But hedging your bets only gets you so far National affairs The emperors’ old clothes Michael Gill 11 May 2018 The banking royal commission has exposed senior management, boards and regulators to unprecedented scrutiny — and the problems don’t end with the finance sector National affairs Bonfire of the bankers Milind Sathye 23 April 2018 The government is toughening penalties at last, but the regulators can do much more, says a former central banker Essays & reportage Keynesians of the first hour Alex Millmow 6 December 2017 Called on the eve of a revolution in economic thinking, the 1936–37 banking royal commission mattered in ways that the latest one probably won’t