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Long stories shortest: Donald Trump just paused1 his ‘reciprocal tariffs’ for 90 days, but hiked the US tariff on imports from China to 125%. The Reserve Bank may cut the Official Cash Rate below 3% in come months. The Government-imposed construction slowdown has cost 1,200 engineers their jobs, including 270 who migrated.
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Six things in our political economy on Thursday, April 10
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