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Michael Pascoe

Michael Pascoe is one of Australia's most respected and experienced finance and economics commentators with 37 years in newspaper, radio, television and on-line journalism. He is Contributing Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age on-line business pages and regularly appears on Channel 7's Sunrise and news programs and is a regular conference speaker, MC and facilitator.

Michael was born and educated in Queensland and started his career with The Courier-Mail before working in Hong Kong for three years. He joined the Australian Financial Review in Sydney upon returning to Australia and then virtually invented specialist finance journalism in commercial broadcasting - first with the Macquarie Radio network, then with Channel 9, Sky Business Report and Channel 7.

Thanks for the deficit, really

Contrary to some of the silly political chants, we do not have a budget crisis.
May 15, 8:52 am
RBA pushing on a piece of string

With interest rates at record lows, it's important to ask "Why haven't previous rate cuts spurred the economy into action already?"
May 7, 4:20 pm
Budgeting for the politics

The Gillard/Swan administration is facing a range of serious temptations with the national purse. We find out on May 14 which ones they yield to.
April 30, 4:14 pm
Cheaper petrol to buy with gold

What we pay at the pump for petrol should slide noticeably over the coming weeks as the price of the oil drops by around 10 per cent.
April 16, 8:05 am
Gold going nowhere

A decade after the launch of the first gold exchange traded fund, the yellow metal is not looking like a great investment.
April 3, 2:21 pm
Telstra happy to rip you if you let it

Telstra might be paying out fat dividends to its shareholders, but its customer service is a bit of a worry.
March 27, 9:47 am
Your responsibility for your losses

Diversifying savings, both by asset class and management, should have been drummed into everyone long ago.
March 14, 9:16 am
The weak world champion

Given the problems in the rest of the developed world, Australia extending its run into a third decade of unbroken growth is an amazing achievement, but you’d be hard pressed to find anyone cheering.
March 6, 2:06 pm
Lowy family selling retail

When the Lowy family quits its holding in straight Australian shopping centres, it sends a clear signal about tougher times for retail landlords.
March 1, 9:19 am
Why the RBA won’t save you

Let’s take a look at the likely direction of home, deposit and credit card interest rates and what you should be doing about them.
February 21, 5:49 pm
The big secret: RBA is cutting rates again if you want them cut

Lower rates really are there for the taking if you want them.
February 13, 1:53 pm
Westpac shares kill hybrids

Here we go again, another bank making a big fat hybrid securities offer, hoping punters are too scared of the stock market to realise they're being dudded.
February 1, 1:47 pm
The RBA guide to housing prices

While many experts are simply speculating, when the RBA Governor speaks his mind it's worth listening as he actually has the power to achieve the outcome he desires.
January 23, 4:02 pm
Taking control

It’s too early in the year to be thinking hard, but Sunrise forced me back from the mental beach with a request for a “top 10 tips” for getting back in control of your finances after the Christmas/New Year blow out. Yes, ‘tis still the silly season of lists and resolutions.
January 2, 3:51 pm
Media pushing bad news blinds investors

The media focuses on fear because it sells, especially in an uncertain climate.
December 20, 3:06 pm

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