Chanticleer by Australian Financial Review

199 - Rate hike underlines our scary problems, $44b moment for Firmus & private credit’s house of cards

Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.

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