Ugly choice between stagflation and recession, China's EV shock spreads & Bathla mess grows

This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unveil the surprising purchase propping up Australia’s economic growth, they unpack a truly eventful week in financial markets and ask what is sending one of the world’s best known car makers broke.

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Further reading:

Bathla and bonds just a preview of what’s coming for timid Australia

Rising yields, plunging house prices and the prospect of a deep economic slowdown: in the past week, the challenges for the country have become very clear.

Housing’s Mr 18.6pc is pure fiction but is still scaring markets

The phantom number refuses to go away and is haunting Australia’s economy, investors, boardrooms and government.

Private credit is the reason we don’t have a Bathla rescue deal yet

Private credit firms tell us it’s how they deal with moments of distress that sorts the wheat from the chaff. The situation at Bathla will put that to the test.

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