With the Fed rate hike well flagged, "Tone of Conference" will be the key to drive markets
Dec 15, 2015 11:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Markets are nervous heading into the FOMC decision due tomorrow. With the hike in the fed funds rate well flagged, focus is likely to shift from the initial hike to the subsequent path as to be detailed in the statement to...
Five ways to fix the UK's productivity puzzle from the inside out
Dec 15, 2015 09:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
We all know by now that Britain has a productivity problem. The average British worker simply doesnt make as much stuff as those from other major countries and for all the agreement that something must be done, there is...
Why are our 15 year olds falling behind in reading and writing?
Dec 15, 2015 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Our 15 year olds are continuing to fall behind in literacy, according to latest figures from the national testing scheme NAPLAN. So far, the solutions devised by our politicians have been useless. First the Labor...
Making sense of the USD and Fed rate hike cycles
Dec 15, 2015 02:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift interests on 16 Dec for the first time since Jun 2006. It remains unclear whether this will be positive or negative for the US dollar, as measured by the DXY (USD)...
What's the real risk from consumer drones this holiday season?
Dec 15, 2015 00:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
This holiday season, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is estimating that over one million small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUASs) drones, to the rest of us will be sold to consumers. But as hordes of novice pilots...
Janet Yellen's Goldilocks rate rise: lining up the politics and economics
Dec 14, 2015 23:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
On Thursday morning, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce its first increase in US interest rates for nearly a decade. Since the onset of the global financial crisis, the bellwether federal funds rate has been...
How emissions trading at Paris climate talks has set us up for failure
Dec 14, 2015 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
The Paris Agreement has mostly been greeted with enthusiasm, though it contains at least one obvious flaw. Few seem to have noticed that the main tool mooted for keeping us within the 2℃ global warming target is a...
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