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The Federal Reserve’s main challenge is to engage the normalisation of monetary policy without compromising growth, but the sharemarket has other ideas.

Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

NZ CPI rises 4.9pc in Q3; Aussie bond yields soar; Senex Energy soars 14pc on Posco bid; Aristocrat makes $3.9b Playtech bid; HomeCo Daily Needs, Aventus agree to merger. Follow the latest here.

The Age Book of the Year: It’s coming back and here’s the shortlist We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size It’s been a while, but The Age Book of the Year is on the way back. It will be presented on Friday, September 3 – the opening night of the Melbourne Writers Festival, of which the newspaper is a media partner. The previous iteration of the award was last seen in 2012, when Tasmanian historian James Boyce won the overa...

Business by Gerard Cockburn   A major Tasmanian salmon producer says the recent trade tensions with China has prompted the company to shift its exports to other economies. In an update to the Australian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Huon Aquaculture said it was minimising its sales to the Chinese market amid the souring relationship between the two countries. Chinese authorities have slapped Australian producers with crippling import tariffs across several ...