Researcher calls for more data on gambling-related suicides
Warning: This story contains discussion of addiction and suicide. Last month, Paul Fung’s friend took his life after…
Liz Weston: Nearing retirement? Time to set up some guardrails to protect yourself and your money
Dear Liz: When I retired, I had a small 401(k) with about $12,000 in it. Instead of rolling…
China’s ballooning debt heightens deflation risks
Miniature condominiums are put on display at a showroom in Zhengzhou, China. Consumers have slowed housing purchases amid a weak…
Demand grows for housing loans of up to 50 years in Japan
Housing loans with repayment periods of up to 50 years, far longer than the standard 35-year term for…
Corporate Japan and households to rethink debt after BOJ rate hike
Bank of Japan Seiko and AGC switch to fixed-rate loans and reduce borrowing The central bank’s latest rate…
CORMAC LUCEY: On the coming debt emergency
Two months ago, the lead story of The Economist concerned “The Coming Debt Emergency”. Unlike recent debt crises,…
Dutch Pension Bond Shift Risks Triggering Bond Market Volatility
In the European market for long-term bonds, a once-loyal and deep pocketed customer is about to start shopping…
Greece pays off debt worth 5.3 billion euros ahead of schedule
Greece has paid off ahead of schedule debt worth €5.3 billion that had been due after 2031, two…
Oracle’s collapsing stock shows the AI boom is running into two hard limits: physics and debt
Oracle’s rapid descent from market darling to market warning sign is revealing something deeper about the AI boom,…
SoftBank Eyes Data Center Group Switch as Son Hunts for AI
SoftBank Group Corp. is studying potential acquisitions including data center operator Switch Inc., people with knowledge of the…
Billionaire tax won’t stop innovation in EU, insists economist Zucman – POLITICO
Critics of the tax warned about the risk of scaring investors out of the EU and that tech…
Watchdog Regrets Calling Canada’s Fiscal Position ‘Stupefying’
Canada’s budget watchdog is walking back his most charged criticisms of Mark Carney’s fiscal policy, but says the…