5 ways the Reserve bank is going to bat for Australia like never before
Nov 04, 2020 00:17 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The most important of the five measures the Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday is the one that wont whirr into place for a very long time. Others start immediately. On Thursday the bank will wade into the market and...
Ant Group is holding the biggest IPO of all time – here's what it is
Nov 02, 2020 10:52 am UTC| Economy
Ant Group is likely to pull off the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history when it goes public on the Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges on November 5. The Chinese digital finance giant is hoping to raise US$34.4...
Nov 02, 2020 10:32 am UTC| Economy
Toby Willison, a senior executive at the UKs Environment Agency, is departing for the private utility firm Southern Water. Willison has been with the agency since 2002 and is currently its director of operations. The...
Black and minority ethnic businesses need support to weather the pandemic
Nov 02, 2020 10:28 am UTC| Economy
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted underlying inequalities that ethnic minorities face in the UK. In England, both death rates and hospital admission rates are more than twice as high for Black people or people from...
COVID-19 is increasing poverty – but also support for tax rises to tackle it
Nov 02, 2020 10:27 am UTC| Economy
Poverty and inequality were already high and rising in the UK before the coronavirus hit. Now, the pandemic is creating an even greater gulf between those whose debts are increasing and those whose savings are growing....
Fact check US: Is the US economy recovering, as Donald Trump claims?
Nov 02, 2020 09:26 am UTC| Economy
His eye on the upcoming election, Donald Trump keeps repeating that the US economy is on an upswing and the phenomenal job of his administration did is responsible. So we built the greatest economy in history… we...
The demise of the department store heralds a shift in downtown areas
Nov 02, 2020 09:17 am UTC| Economy
Over the past year, cities have become remarkably different places. The response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has resulted in less active public and shared spaces like parks, malls, streets and retail. In most...
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
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
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