NESDC proposes six urgent measures to tackle poverty and inequality
To ensure that anti-poverty policies and local development initiatives deliver tangible results, the NESDC recommends that policymakers adopt…
Food prices rise 4.1% for September year, fall monthly for first time since February
Fruit and vegetables are up 5.8% annually (down 2.5% monthly), and non-alcoholic drinks are up 3.3% annually (up…
Inflation tipped to hit 15-month high after September rise
Inflation is expected to hit a 15-month high, as strong food prices, rates, power and transport costs continue…
IMF Chief Says Canada Has Fiscal Room to Boost Capital Spending
The head of the International Monetary Fund says Canada has the fiscal room to make productivity-boosting investments, and…
Japan’s leadership drama won’t change the economic storyline
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Chilling ways the housing crisis has changed Australia forever – from divorce rates to fertility and the death of small business… as experts make shock prediction for our future
Australia’s housing crisis is reshaping the country in ways few anticipated – and could well lead to significant…
What Carney hopes to gain from a Canadian reset with Beijing
Beijing’s biggest fish bazaar is a briny-smelling maze of stalls stocked with massive crabs from Russia, purple lobster…
Understanding China’s new consumption reality-Xinhua
Tourists visit the Dunhuang Book Center in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen) BEIJING,…
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…
Inflation expected to hit 15-month high
By Gyles Beckford of RNZ Inflation is expected to hit a 15-month high, as strong food prices, rates,…
Inequality is soaring in Spain: half of all families own less than 7% of total wealth
Friday, 17 October 2025, 12:23 The wealth of families in Spain has increased by 81% in the last…
‘Finances are getting tighter’: US car repossessions surge as more Americans default on auto loans | US economy
Alarm bells are ringing on Wall Street. The recent collapses of Tricolor, a used car seller and sub-prime…