The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
Oct 29, 2018 19:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
What if we had an opportunity to double the size of the tourism industry, or to quadruple the size of the beef industry, or to boost the economy by more than any of the presently proposed tax switches? What if we could...
Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development
Oct 29, 2018 19:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Bill Shorten is flagging that Labor would set up a government-backed infrastructure investment bank to promote concessional financing for nation-building projects in the Pacific. In a speech to the Lowy Institute on...
U.S. Treasuries suffer ahead of September personal spending data, FOMC members Evans’ speech
Oct 29, 2018 11:07 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The U.S. Treasuries suffered during late afternoon session Monday ahead of todays personal income and spending report for September that will confirm the monthly profile for consumer spending (which rose a robust 4.0...
German bunds slump ahead of October unemployment change, Eurozone October CPI data
Oct 29, 2018 10:23 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds slumped during European session Monday as investors wait to watch the countrys unemployment change data for the month of October, scheduled to be released on October 30 by 08:55GMT and eurozones consumer...
Oct 29, 2018 09:01 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The USD/INR currency pair is expected to trade lower towards the 73 level amid a broad dollar weakness and the RBIs liquidity injection through open market operations (OMOs), according to the latest research report from...
Oct 29, 2018 05:57 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Japanese government 10-year bond yield plunged on the first trading day of the week Monday following slower rate of growth in the countrys retail sales for the month of September, albeit meeting market...
Oct 29, 2018 04:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian government bonds jumped across the curve during Asian session Monday amid a silent trading session that witnessed data of little economic significance ahead of the countrys consumer price inflation (CPI) data...
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