Is economic growth good for our health?
Jan 16, 2024 03:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Is economic growth good for us? Put another way, we know that growing the economy is good for business and for creating jobs. But does it help everyone in society? One way to answer this question is to explore what it does...
Why the world is turning away from the US dollar
Jan 15, 2024 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted the US Treasury Department to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia, to hold it accountable for its premeditated and unprovoked invasion. The aim was to prevent...
When can we stop worrying about rising prices? The latest inflation report offers no easy answers
Jan 12, 2024 06:33 am UTC| Economy
Tired of thinking about inflations impact on your wallet? Youre not alone. But like it or not, higher prices continue to be an economic and with the presidential race a political issue as we enter the early months of...
Ghana's electricity crisis is holding the country back - how it got here
Jan 11, 2024 03:32 am UTC| Economy
For well over a decade Ghana was exalted as one of the most promising and fastest growing economies on the continent. But recent reports of the countrys steep economic dip, high inflation and rolling blackouts,...
Jan 11, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Economy Nature
National weather analysts released their 2023 billion-dollar disasters list on Jan. 9, just as 2024 was getting off to a ferocious start. A blizzard was sweeping across across the Plains and Midwest, and the South and East...
Biden's not yet getting a poll bump for the improving economy – history tells us why
Jan 11, 2024 03:30 am UTC| Economy Politics
When Americans are confident about their economy, they tend to support the incumbent president. When they are not confident, they tend to withdraw that support. The chart below shows that relationship between consumer...
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
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