Chart of the Day Series

FxWirePro Chart of the Day: UK construction pays, rest subdude

Jun 15, 2016 15:22 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

UK construction sector is paying off big time, where wages are growing around 8 percent, while wage growth for therest of the sectors in the economy remains around 2 percent. Bank of England (BOE) may suffer long...

Future of Coal Series

Climate Change Series

India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people

Jun 15, 2016 07:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Nature

As the world moves to combat climate change, its increasingly doubtful that coal will continue to be a viable energy source, because of its high greenhouse gas emissions. But coal played a vital role in the Industrial...

Our cities will stop working without a decent national housing policy

Jun 15, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Economy

We have to move the housing conversation beyond a game of political football about negative-gearing winners and losers. Australia needs a bipartisan, long-term, housing policy. Why? Because we have a slow-burn, deepening...

China Crisis Series

China Makes Production Cuts, Price Improvements

Jun 14, 2016 23:43 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Chinas electricity consumption increased slightly in May to 473 billion kWh, up +2.1% from a year ago, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The electricity consumption is one of the three...

China Crisis Series

IMF calls on China to speed up financial reform in order to avoid systemic debt problems

Jun 14, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Speaking in Beijing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deputy MD Lipton commented on the Chinese economy and said the countrys corporate debt is growing at a fast pace. He urged the authorities to speed up financial...

Briferendum Series

Brexit to hurt capital flows into India, Indian MNCs to suffer setback

Jun 14, 2016 13:31 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The United Kingdoms referendum scheduled to take place on June 23 that will determine whether UK Remains or Leaves the European Union is likely to hit the Indian sub-continent as well, affecting capital flows amid an...

Briferendum Series

Two big flaws in the Economists for Brexit plan

Jun 14, 2016 08:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

There are numerous studies showing the economic costs of Brexit and the weight of academic opinion backs these estimates. But the Vote Leave campaign does have a small group of economists who claim that the UK can be...