Construction slumps to its lowest level since 2010, and the US Fed remains divided on its next interest rate hike.
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Is the financial system headed for another ‘Lehman moment’? Perhaps, but a bailout isn’t the solution. More capital is, something Trump should remember as he rewrites U.S. bank rules.
Although the economy added jobs for a 72nd month – the longest streak since WWII – growth remains sluggish. Two economists argue it’s up to lawmakers and the next president to pick up the slack.
Interest rates remain unchanged in Australia this week, reflecting an economic holding pattern around the world, as the US presidential election carries on.
Trump’s economic “plan” has a good chance of sending the US economy back to the Fred Flintstone era.
Although the Fed delayed raising rates this month, it has signaled it intends to wean the U.S. economy off its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Now the question is whether Congress will take the handoff.
The Fed left interest rates unchanged but said improving economic data means it will likely lift them later this year. We asked two scholars – and ex-Fed officials – if it was the right call.
Just like apes, humans fear the unknown, and that’s why there’s so much uncertainty this week as markets brace for an interest-rate decision by the Federal Reserve.
The Australian economy continues to deliver mixed, but on the whole positive, signals.
All in all this was a fairly positive week for global economies.
Central banks around the world are struggling with the failure of low (or negative) interest rates to breathe life back into ailing economies.
All economic data is pointing to disappointing global growth.
Regulators trying to keep taxpayers from having to foot the bill for the next wave of bank bailouts are placing too much on emphasis on size and missing the ‘bigger’ picture.
Serious problems may loom. And not just from a possible vote from the Brits to leave the European Union.
The US has held off on raising rates, as the world waits to see which way the Brexit vote will go.
Both the US and Australia face a global economy that is in deep, deep trouble.
There is more uncertainty in financial markets, an improving labour market in Australia (despite a monthly blip in January) and the US, but no sign of much growth.
Our scholars delivered a steady supply of research and analysis on what was a busy year in business and economics.
Just as football coaches reconsidered when to opt for a two-point conversion after the NFL made a change, the Fed adjusts its decisions in line with an evolving economy.
The Fed lifted its target interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade, which was hardly a surprise. What happens next may still stump us.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Visiting Faculty in Economics, Emory University
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Finance and the David A. Thompson Distinguished Scholar of Applied Investments, Appalachian State University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
