Australian government downgrades expectation of the underlying cash surplus in 2019-20
Dec 16, 2019 08:26 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Australian government has downgraded its expectation of the underlying cash surplus in 2019-20 to AUD5.0bn (0.3 percent of GDP) and across the coming three years. This represents a change of fortunes compared to the...
BoJ likely to remain on hold for foreseeable future, says Capital Economics
Dec 16, 2019 07:51 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Bank of Japan seems to have underestimated the drag on domestic demand from Octobers sales tax hike. But the global outlook has improved and the governments fiscal stimulus announcement has given policymakers a further...
Dec 16, 2019 07:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy
EM Asian currencies are expected to advance in the weeks ahead, while remaining susceptible to the headlines till the first week of January, according to the latest research report from Scotiabank. The Fed left its...
Australian bonds flat on improved risk sentiments; eyes on Dec policy meeting minutes
Dec 16, 2019 05:12 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Australian bonds remained flat during Asian session of the first trading day of the week Monday despite an improvement in investors risk sentiments after the United States and China announced to reach a historic phase...
Randomised trials in economics: what the critics have to say
Dec 13, 2019 07:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The 2019 Nobel Prize has been awarded to three scholars for pioneering recent attempts to answer microeconomic issues in development using randomised experiments. Over the last three decades randomised trials have...
Dec 11, 2019 12:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
The outcome of the UKs 2019 general election will have lasting consequences. The stark difference in choice between the two main parties pours cold water on the idea that politicians, their manifestos and their electoral...
How the China-US trade war will affect your holiday shopping
Dec 11, 2019 04:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With more tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect this month, holiday shoppers in the U.S. face a dilemma: buy the Apple iPhone 11 or Hasbro toy action figures now or risk facing higher prices later. On Dec. 15,...
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