How working from home could revitalise rust belt cities

Nov 08, 2020 10:56 am UTC| Economy

For years, we have been promised a work-from-home revolution, and it seems that the pandemic has finally brought it to pass. In April this year, at the height of the first wave of coronavirus, 47% of people in the UK were...

5 ways the Reserve bank is going to bat for Australia like never before

Nov 04, 2020 00:17 am UTC| Economy Central Banks

The most important of the five measures the Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday is the one that wont whirr into place for a very long time. Others start immediately. On Thursday the bank will wade into the market and...

Ant Group is holding the biggest IPO of all time – here's what it is

Nov 02, 2020 10:52 am UTC| Economy

Ant Group is likely to pull off the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history when it goes public on the Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges on November 5. The Chinese digital finance giant is hoping to raise US$34.4...

There's a 'revolving door' between industry and regulators, but its effects aren't as strong as you think

Nov 02, 2020 10:32 am UTC| Economy

Toby Willison, a senior executive at the UKs Environment Agency, is departing for the private utility firm Southern Water. Willison has been with the agency since 2002 and is currently its director of operations. The...

Black and minority ethnic businesses need support to weather the pandemic

Nov 02, 2020 10:28 am UTC| Economy

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted underlying inequalities that ethnic minorities face in the UK. In England, both death rates and hospital admission rates are more than twice as high for Black people or people from...

COVID-19 is increasing poverty – but also support for tax rises to tackle it

Nov 02, 2020 10:27 am UTC| Economy

Poverty and inequality were already high and rising in the UK before the coronavirus hit. Now, the pandemic is creating an even greater gulf between those whose debts are increasing and those whose savings are growing....

Fact check US: Is the US economy recovering, as Donald Trump claims?

Nov 02, 2020 09:26 am UTC| Economy

His eye on the upcoming election, Donald Trump keeps repeating that the US economy is on an upswing and the phenomenal job of his administration did is responsible. So we built the greatest economy in history… we...