Breakfast briefing: Inflation up, jobs down. The US Fed has to choose a policy direction
Here’s our summary of key economic events over the weekend that affect New Zealand, with news fighting inflation…
Wellington falls to bottom of ASB’s economic scoreboard; Bay of Plenty star performer
The Central Lakes District was third. Chief economist Nick Tuffley said there was a general theme of South…
Not unrealistic to predict that household energy bills could balloon to $3,000 a year by 2030 under the pressure of ideology and short term optics
Australia’s energy retail sector is a high-voltage drama, where policy blunders, market distortions, and consumer pain collide to…
USA To See Disaster, India Has Withstanding Muscle
The global financial system appears to be reaching a breaking point, raising concerns of a crisis potentially larger…
Inflation is Persistent and Consumers are Flush. Falling Rates Could be Dangerous.
The latest data on prices, wages, and household balance sheets argue against any meaningful change in Federal Reserve…
Western Nations Taking Action on Declining Birth Rates
For years, Elon Musk has consistently argued that one of the greatest threats to civilization is collapsing birth…
Rachel Reeves ‘Chancellor in name only’ and Keir Starmer ‘on brink’ | Politics | News
Rachel Reeves has been branded a “Chancellor in name only” with Sir Keir Starmer creating his own economic…
Nation may be on its way to moving from a global debtor to a global creditor
The consternation continued until the ANU’s Professor John Pitchford told the econocrats to wake up. All the international…
The Trump Economy Now: “Dead in the water”
That’s former CBO Director Doug Holtz-Eakin (seem minute 2 on this video) (h/t Philip Webre):…
After another swoon in June, our economy looks to get back on track again
Is it a stall? Or a full-blown slump? And is it a short run thing? Or something that…
US Fed Interest Rate Decision, WPI Inflation Data, Trump’s Visits To UK — The Week Ahead
The week of Sept. 15, is filled with corporate actions, including dividends, a bonus issue, and a stock…
Russia’s central bank reveals GDP is shrinking, in a sign Putin’s war economy has slipped into recession
The Bank of Russia lowered benchmark rates again on Friday and denied the economy is in a recession,…