Sustainable start-ups should consider corporate venture capital first
Mar 01, 2020 12:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Urgent issues like the climate crisis, environmental degradation threatening millions of species, social inequality and other challenges mean that the global economy needs to immediately transform itself to become...
One million Britons will be on zero-hour contracts by end of 2020
Mar 01, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A first glance at the latest commentary from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the UK labour market in the last quarter of 2019, and everything looks rosy: employment is up 1%, unemployment is down 5.4% on the...
U.S. Treasuries surge ahead of PCE and personal spending indices, FOMC member Bullard's speech
Feb 28, 2020 12:48 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The U.S. Treasuries surged during Fridays evening session ahead of the countrys personal consumption expenditure and personal spending index for the month of January, scheduled to be released today by 13:30GMT. Also,...
German bunds jump despite cheerful February employment report; eyes on eurozone CPI
Feb 28, 2020 12:14 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds jumped during afternoon session of the last trading day of the week Friday even as the countrys employment report for the month of February cheered market investors ahead of the eurozones consumer price...
Malaysia's economic stimulus package unlikely to affect S&P Global Ratings’ outlook
Feb 28, 2020 11:27 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Malaysias economic stimulus package announced on Thursday is unlikely to materially affect SP Global Ratings outlook on the countrys fiscal performance and has a limited impact on the sovereign credit ratings. The...
China’s February PMI to test historic low of 38.8, says ANZ Research
Feb 28, 2020 06:59 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Chinas manufacturing PMI for February is expected to reach an historic low of 38.8. The impact of the virus outbreak will see PMI drop further than the previous low in Q4 2008, according to the latest report from ANZ...
Feb 28, 2020 06:47 am UTC| Commentary Economy
EM Asian currencies are likely to advance somewhat temporarily versus the dollar because of a dropped DXY Index, but will pare their gains soon amid escalating global risk aversion as the US is set to become the next...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects