Diminishing city: hope, despair and Whyalla

Feb 20, 2017 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

This piece is republished with permission from State of Hope, the 55th edition of Griffith Review. Articles are a little longer than most published on The Conversation, presenting an in-depth analysis of the economic,...

Why small business tax cuts aren't likely to boost 'jobs and growth'

Feb 20, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The Turnbull governments signature economic policy at last years election was a 5% cut in the company tax rate, over a ten-year period, at a cost to revenue estimated to be in excess of A$48 billion. As the government...

Explainer: trickle-down economics

Feb 20, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

To anyone who lived through the years of Ronald Reagans US presidency, the term trickle-down economics should already be familiar. While Reagan wasnt the first politician to say trickle down with a straight face, the...

Cyprus talks keep failing – maybe it's time to try something a little different

Feb 18, 2017 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Negotiations on settling the international dispute over Cyprus have hit a wall yet again. For months, the latest round of reunification talks have been touted as a real chance to finally seal a deal, even though people...

Sharp rise in UK mortality rate may be due to austerity measures

Feb 18, 2017 00:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

By the end of 2015 it had emerged that the UK had experienced the largest annual spike in mortality rates for nearly 50 years. The magnitude of the increase in mortality rates was shocking we estimated that during the...

U.K. retail sales unexpectedly slip in Jan, show first signs of fall in underlying trend since Dec 2013

Feb 17, 2017 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showed on Friday that U.K. retail sales volumes unexpectedly dropped by 0.3 percent compared with the previous month, widely missing analysts expectations for a 0.9...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 17th February 2017

Feb 17, 2017 04:54 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Not many economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Eurozone: December current account balance will be reported at 9:00 GMT, construction output numbers...