US Election Series

The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world

Oct 25, 2016 17:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

In a long and often exasperating presidential campaign, Americans and the world have been subjected to Donald Trumps odious and often incoherent rhetoric, and from both sides much vitriol and endless accusations of deceit,...

Asian home buyers less likely to default on their mortgage: study

Oct 25, 2016 17:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

People from cultural backgrounds where getting financial assistance from families is the norm are less likely to default on their mortgages, new research shows. This includes those from South East Asian countries. We...

Future of Coal Series

The gas industry needs a carbon price to compete with coal

Oct 25, 2016 17:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Putting a price on carbon would benefit the Australian gas industry, at least in the short term. It is therefore in the interests of gas producers to lobby for the emissions trading scheme proposed for the electricity...

Public, not private, money needed to plug Africa's water and sanitation gaps

Oct 25, 2016 17:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

African stakeholders have called for water supply and sanitation to be a priority at the next meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. They want the November meeting of COP22 to integrate...

Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Oct 25, 2016 17:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

This article is part of a series of studies titled Barriers to entry and The expansion of regional supermarket chains. The article draws from studies that look at the spread of supermarkets in southern Africa and how the...

FxWirePro: Mounting expectations of RBNZ’s OCR cuts to stimulate Kiwi dollar turbulence

Oct 25, 2016 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views

October monthcontinues to prove with its repute of being adisruptive month for the markets by reminding us that the low rates of production disruptions realized over the first three-quarters of the year are an outlier...

German out-performance would complicate ECB policy making

Oct 25, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Germanys economic performance has been the driving force of the euro areas recovery so far, and upbeat business confidence in October suggests that the German economy is on track for more robust growth. Brexit vote had...