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By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.5% in September. The Minutes…
A cycle of boom and bust: What’s deepening Bangladesh’s startup winter
Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem, once lauded as a rising South Asian success story, now faces sobering realities—plummeting funding, vanishing…
What it’s really like working in China’s brutal gig economy
Every evening on his way to work a 12-hour night shift in China’s biggest logistics distribution centre, on…
What is private credit, and should we be worried by the collapse of US firms? | Economics
The collapse of two US firms, First Brands and Tricolor, has shone a light on private credit and…
Japan’s leadership drama won’t change the economic storyline
TOKYO — What if a political earthquake upends Japan in unpredictable ways and yet very little changes anyway?…
Understanding China’s new consumption reality-Xinhua
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The economy is recovering, but brace yourself, there’s bad news coming – Liam Dann
Even if things go well from here, we’re going to get a series of ugly economic statistics between…
Inflation expected to hit 15-month high after September rise
In recent quarters, domestic inflation has slowed, while ‘imported’ inflation has edged higher. Photo: RNZ / Michelle Tiang…
The return of inflation – will what goes up come back down quickly this time?
Well, exactly a year after declaring ‘victory’ over inflation, here we are wondering if we’ve been ‘defeated’ again!…
Price of bread to rise in 2026
“For next year, we have several factors impacting activity, one of which is the adjustment of labour costs,…
Falling interest rates expected to be shortlived
Falling interest rates are expected to be shortlived with rates forecast to rise from the end of 2026.…
Why the world’s $3trn ‘shadow’ debt caused a stock market wobble
Rich Handler has seen it all with financial meltdowns. One of the biggest characters on Wall Street, he…