Russian inflation drops sharply in 2025
The Bank of Russia’s high-rates policy brought inflation down, but also threatened growth (Olesya KURPYAYEVA) · Olesya KURPYAYEVA/AFP/AFP…
Have investors missed the boat on Japan’s property market amid tensions with China?
Japan’s property market was less likely to deliver significant rewards to investors because of heightened geopolitical tensions with…
6-way bidding war emerges for ECB vice presidency – POLITICO
Eurozone finance ministers are set to pick the winner behind closed doors in a secret ballot when they…
RBA plays the long game on inflation, so an interest rate rise could still be some way off
Unlike his Bazballing compatriots, Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser doesn’t strike me as hasty, at least not…
Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser downplays easing inflation ahead of February meeting
The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank has confirmed the news mortgage borrowers would not have wanted to…
Value of Australian dollar now dependent on interest rates, commodities prices and geopolitics
The Australian dollar has been on a slow march down from a peak of 109 US cents achieved…
Expert tips dramatic interest rates cut to 2.75% driven by unemployment
Interest rates could be slashed to 2.75 per cent by the end of summer, driven by rising unemployment,…
What Dutch Pension Reforms Mean for Swap, Bond Markets
The Netherlands is overhauling its pensions to adapt to an aging population and a labor market where people…
Interest rate hikes, an AI bubble and other as-yet-unanswerable 2026 problems
After 2025 saw the US government put tariffs on islands inhabited exclusively by penguins, can the economy of…
The Fed admits it can’t easily fix an economic problem it helped create
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, arrives for the Federal Reserve Board open meeting in Washington,…
AI powered 2025’s economy to record highs. So why are only robots smiling?
I don’t know what I expected. Not this. I blame the robots. I blame the penguins. The economy…
Tokyo Inflation Cools More Than Expected, Weakening Yen
Tokyo’s inflation cooled more than expected as pressures from food and energy prices faded, triggering yen weakness on…