Japanese people are losing faith in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s fiscal policies.
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Business Briefing: Abenomics fails to address Japan’s true woes
The Japanese government needs to improve job security and address income inequality as "Abenomics" fails to deliver.
With Australia cutting and the US raising rates the Australian dollar looks likely to fall.
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All economic data is pointing to disappointing global growth.
Is it time for the world to choose a different road on its journey to energy security?
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A new move away from petrol power could drive the global economy further than ever before.
South Africa’s economy isn’t growing. Solutions are within its grasp.
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The South African Reserve Bank has forecast zero percent growth for 2016. Some urgent steps are needed to get the country out of this hole.
Protesters are standing up against the police’s road blocks in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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The protest by Zimbabweans against police road blocks and banned imports highlights a new political economy that is rising on the back of informalisation of the economy.
Former South African presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki at Mbeki’s inauguration in 1999.
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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki remains a puzzle to many of his compatriots. A new book, ‘The Thabo Mbeki I know’, will help to understand him better.
Lost in translation. Australia will have to try harder to attract Chinese tourists.
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Australia will have to adapt its tourism offerings to attract of growing market with changing expectations.
The Turnbull government needs to learn a thing or two from hacker culture.
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Innovation is not just about taking risks, but minimising and managing them.
University education has paid a rate of return of around 15%.
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Not only does higher education build the economy’s skills and knowledge, but that it pays for itself and much else many times over.
I’ve no idea.
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Not enough time is set aside in the curriculum to teach young people economic literacy.
The uncertainty in financial markets from Brexit throws a spanner in the works of the election campaign in its final week.
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Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
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As the world tries to get a handle on what a Brexit means, D-Day looms for both Labor and the Coalition.
In announcing the costings the Coalition has sought the mantle of better economic managers.
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The Coalition says it has costed its additional expenditure and will deliver $2.3 billion in savings, in contrast to Labor.
Run ragged. UK faces Brexit headwinds.
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George Osborne has sought to reassure markets, but the referendum result has sparked a chain of painful events at a time when Britain has no means to protect itself.
The economic slogans from all the major parties seemed to have fallen flat during this election campaign.
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For an election that is supposed to be based on who will manage the economy better, the debate has been disappointing.
Former Liberal leader John Hewson predicts that Malcolm Turnbull is on track to be returned as Prime Minister of Australia.
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Most voters suspect that whoever wins government, they will soon declare that “the economy is not as strong as we had hoped or been led to believe” – and that promises will need to be broken.
Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison should be pleased with the strong GDP figure, released during the election campaign.
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The adverse impact of the resources bust is still there, but the figures suggest the economy tracking at or above its potential.
Two views of the Australian economy.
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Scott Morrison and Chris Bowen kept to their lines, but both ignored Australia’s most compelling economic issue.
‘Labor leader Bill Shorten was wrong to claim an immediate GDP boost from his party’s education policy.’
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Both parties are proposing to spend more on education, yet there is no guarantee that either will lift outcomes substantially.
University graduates are vital to creating new jobs, technologies and industries.
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Over the next ten years, 40% of jobs are predicted to disappear. Universities will be essential to helping people reskill, upskill and reinvent their jobs.
Lots of balls.
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It made the headlines, but the numbers don’t add up.