Nov 05, 2018 05:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The United States Treasury yields are expected to trade higher in the near term owing to a sound GDP in the U.S. economy and rising CPI inflation amid the Feds hawkish stance, the Feds balance-sheet unwind and ballooning...
Australian bonds slump on first trading day ahead of RBA’s monetary policy decision
Nov 05, 2018 04:28 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian government bonds slumped during Asian session on the first trading day of the week Monday ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) monetary policy decision, scheduled to be unveiled on November 6 by...
Lessons from the collapse of a small South African bank
Nov 04, 2018 17:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The South African Reserve Bank placed VBS, a small mutual bank, under curatorship in March this year against a backdrop of a serious liquidity crisis. The initial findings of the curator revealed significant financial...
Attention economy: Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
Nov 04, 2018 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Facebook and quality journalism are uneasy companions. Recent headlines suggest the platforms lies about video metrics smashed journalism and the platform crashed and burned news companies referral traffic after it changed...
Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to college? Think again
Nov 04, 2018 16:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
When the time comes to send their children off to college, many parents in the U.S. take out loans, draw from savings and earnings and as some financial advisors recommend borrow against their homes. In a study we...
Morality: the new way to understand economic decisions
Nov 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
There is no one way of understanding the bases of, or justification for, austerity. If there was, there wouldnt be such voracious debate around the topic. A recent televised discussion provides a perfect example of...
State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success
Nov 04, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
This week were exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australias states, as detailed in Grattan Institutes State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here. Energy policy in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects