Jun 19, 2017 08:35 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Bearish scenarios: AUDUSD below 0.72 if: 1) The unemployment rate breaks above 6%, forcing the RBA to respond more aggressively to weak inflation; 2) The Fed responds to animal spirits and bullish survey data by...
Jun 19, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The US dollar and bond yields pulled back after some weak US data. Equities remained elevated, though, the DJIA making a fresh record closing high. We see positive momentum remains intact, 0.7640 the immediate target...
The World Bank reinvents itself – and puts poverty reduction at risk
Jun 17, 2017 16:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The World Banks relationship with US president Donald Trump has raised concerns about its political neutrality in recent weeks, but a larger and potentially much more important shift in how the Bank operates is underway....
It's all too easy to switch off from bad news – and it's dangerous too
Jun 17, 2017 16:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The full horror of the Grenfell Tower fire in west London is still to emerge. Like millions of others, I watched live as TV breakfast reports showed the blaze in its intensity and eyewitnesses told of their devastating...
How the spectre of Yugoslavia looms over EU's handling of the refugee crisis
Jun 17, 2017 16:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With peak season approaching for refugees making treacherous crossings to Europe, dont be surprised if we are told again that this is unprecedented. That would certainly be in keeping with what news organisations,...
Once at the vanguard of national policy, California plays defense under Trump
Jun 17, 2017 16:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Xavier Becerra, Californias combative attorney general, has become the Golden States face of resistance to the Trump administrations domestic initiatives, the blunt voice rejecting the presidents attempts to roll back the...
India's wells are running dry, fast
Jun 17, 2017 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Over the past three years, the monsoon the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region has been weak or delayed across much of India, causing widespread water shortages. With the onset...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight