Could coronavirus really trigger a recession?
Mar 01, 2020 12:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Fears are growing that the new coronavirus will infect the U.S. economy. A major U.S. stock market index posted its biggest two-day drop on record, erasing all the gains from the previous two months; companies including...
Sanctions, a failing economy and coronavirus may cause Iran to change its involvement in Syria
Mar 01, 2020 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Irans emergence as a hot zone for the coronavirus further complicates that countrys relationships with its neighbours at a time when its economy is sliding deeper into recession. US President Donald Trumps maximum...
Sustainable start-ups should consider corporate venture capital first
Mar 01, 2020 12:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Urgent issues like the climate crisis, environmental degradation threatening millions of species, social inequality and other challenges mean that the global economy needs to immediately transform itself to become...
One million Britons will be on zero-hour contracts by end of 2020
Mar 01, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A first glance at the latest commentary from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the UK labour market in the last quarter of 2019, and everything looks rosy: employment is up 1%, unemployment is down 5.4% on the...
U.S. Treasuries surge ahead of PCE and personal spending indices, FOMC member Bullard's speech
Feb 28, 2020 12:48 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The U.S. Treasuries surged during Fridays evening session ahead of the countrys personal consumption expenditure and personal spending index for the month of January, scheduled to be released today by 13:30GMT. Also,...
German bunds jump despite cheerful February employment report; eyes on eurozone CPI
Feb 28, 2020 12:14 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds jumped during afternoon session of the last trading day of the week Friday even as the countrys employment report for the month of February cheered market investors ahead of the eurozones consumer price...
Malaysia's economic stimulus package unlikely to affect S&P Global Ratings’ outlook
Feb 28, 2020 11:27 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Malaysias economic stimulus package announced on Thursday is unlikely to materially affect SP Global Ratings outlook on the countrys fiscal performance and has a limited impact on the sovereign credit ratings. The...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects