R&D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence

Oct 04, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy

Few examples of Australian tax policy are subject to as frequent change as the Research Development tax subsidy, again under review by the federal government. Substantive changes to the rules have occurred every five of...

US Election Series

Can Trump create millions of jobs? Don't bet on it

Oct 04, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics

Donald Trump claims he should be president in part because he has succeeded at creating jobs and businesses. While the foundation of his business empire was in New York real estate and construction thanks to a...

Worrisome Signs Series

Worrisome Signs Series: US debt growth outstrips GDP growth by many folds

Oct 04, 2016 06:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Over the past years, the global markets have focused on China more, when it comes to debt, arguing that the marginal productivity of increased debt has declined substantially. The debt growth has outstripped GDP growth in...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 4th October, 2016

Oct 04, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Not many economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: Building permits declined by 1.8 percent in August, up 10.1 percent from a year ago. ANZ...

Chart of the Day Series

Chart of the Day: New basket

Oct 03, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Chinese Yuan has become the official reserve currency as its gets included in the special drawing rights (SDR) basket. Yuans share is the third biggest in the basket with 10.92 percent. This also means that the official...

Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Oct 03, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

This week is quite risk heavy. Focus is on NFP report from the Unites States. What to watch for over the coming days: Vice Presidential dual: After Trump-Clinton dual last week broke all records, the focus...

Canada's strong July GDP points to healthy economic momentum for Q3

Oct 03, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Canadian real GDP grew by 0.5 percent in July, adding to Junes 0.6 percent gain. The July GDP gain exceeded economists consensus of 0.3 percent. The strong July result was mainly driven by a continued recovery in oil...