Africa’s debt crisis needs a bold new approach
Feb 23, 2024 01:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
It hasnt been easy for African states to finance their developmental and environmental policy objectives over the past few years. Recent events suggest that the situation may be improving. For the first time in two...
Why prices are so high – 8 ways retail pricing algorithms gouge consumers
Feb 16, 2024 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The just-released report of the inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing conducted by Allan Fels for the Australian Council of Trades Unions does more than identify the likely offenders. It finds the biggest are...
Feb 14, 2024 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
China has announced that in 2023 its population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. Forecasting by the UN suggests Chinas population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and then down to about 800 million by 2100....
The private sector housing experiment has failed: Ottawa must now step up on social housing
Feb 14, 2024 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Politicians of all stripes say that housing affordability is a top priority. But few are saying much about social housing the kind thats needed for low-income households in greatest need of affordable rental...
Wholesale power prices are falling fast – but consumers will have to wait for relief. Here’s why
Feb 08, 2024 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Wholesale power prices are falling steeply in Australia, following two years of surging prices after the Ukraine war triggered an energy crisis. New data shows annualised spot prices for power in Australias main grid fell...
Mortgage and inflation pain to ease, but only slowly: how 31 top economists see 2024
Feb 05, 2024 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A panel of 31 leading economists assembled by The Conversation sees no cut in interest rates before the middle of this year, and only a slight cut by December, enough to trim just $55 per month off the cost of servicing a...
Feb 05, 2024 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. Its as old as the countrys constitutional democracy, the result of a negotiated political settlement that ended...
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