‘Governments have got to wake up’: ACCI finds more than a third of Aus business owners in 2026 diagnosed with mental disorder
A new Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) survey has found that 36 per cent of Australian…
Weekly Graphic: The World Economy in 2026
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(click to enlarge) The International Monetary Fund’s October 2026 outlook shows…
The Dynamics of Abundance – The Dispatch
You’re reading Dispatch Markets, a weekly dive into the forces driving economic growth—and those holding it back—featuring Scott…
China GDP, To Lam visits EU, Mynt listing
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. China reports its gross domestic product figures in the wake of posting…
Israel’s productivity falls behind G7, education crisis threatens economy
Israel has fallen from outperforming the world’s leading advanced economies on a key productivity measure to trailing them,…
Arab News | UAE economy grows 0.4% in first half as non-oil sectors expand
JEDDAH: The UAE economy grew 0.4 percent in the first half of 2026 to 961.9 billion dirhams ($262…
Mark Cuban on why AI is the wrong job-killer target: It’s the health care costs, stupid
Billionaire Mark Cuban says skyrocketing health care costs, not AI, are the biggest threat to jobs. While Cuban…
Vietnam’s quarterly GDP grows fastest in 4 years
HANOI: Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 9.95% in the third quarter (3Q26) from a year earlier, the…
‘The economy is increasingly reliant on AI’: GDP grew 2.2% amid ‘sudden reversal of optimism’ on AI
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business…
Leading economist Warren Hogan warns Australia needs to decide between lower government spending now or financial crisis later
A top economist has warned interest rates could continue to go “up and up” throughout 2027 if government…
Cabinet extends 1,000-baht co-pay aid to November, funds 43-billion-baht relief without new borrowing
Finance Ministry rules out using energy-transition funds Finance Ministry permanent secretary Lavaron Sangsnit said the relief package…
Hong Kong talent schemes could add 1.2% to GDP annually, John Lee says
Talent attracted to Hong Kong under various admission schemes could add about 1.2 per cent to the city’s…