New research released today by the Grattan Institute shows that income growth and unemployment rates are not obviously worse in regional areas.
Costs of transportation and accessibility are just two factors that increase cost of living for persons with disabilities.
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This week’s strong growth in full-time employment shows a robust labour market. This only deepens the puzzle of why inflation is so low at the same time.
Terrorism has resulted in higher security surcharges at ports and airports.
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The effects of terrorism in one country spill over across national borders to reduce the trade of other nations. This reduction in trade is long lived and may make it harder to combat terrorism.
Stable food prices are a central issue for South Africa’s Reserve Bank. But should it be doing more to protect the poor?
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There’s a raging debate in South Africa about the role of its central bank. This is inevitable given that so much is changing in the world of central banking and in economic life.
International migrants are key contributors to the unskilled workforce.
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The amount of Australians in mortgage stress is the reason why wages growth and the labour market are such a problem - and a big reason for the RBA not to raise rates any time soon.
The G20 displayed unprecedented global economic leadership in the past. That leadership is needed again today.
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All over the world people who have been harmed by the conventional money systems are devising alternative currencies, challenging the centralised monetary policy approach.
The share of fireworks being used for professional displays like this one at the Capitol last year is falling.
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Every American shoots off almost a pound of fireworks a year, on average, and their growing personal use is causing injuries to climb.
Unexpected increases in housing prices could have caused buyers considering home ownership to borrow more in order to buy a house, and encouraged homeowners to spend more through withdrawing the equity from their homes.
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The latest 2016 Census data assesses what the national home ownership and rental rates are and how these vary location. It also gives us a picture of mortgage and rental costs.
The RBA found Australians are increasingly using cards instead of cash for in-person payments.
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A crackdown on the beef and leather trades has put hundreds of thousands of Indian Muslims and Dalits out of work, vexing already-tense religious relations and hurting India’s economy.
It was Winston Churchill who led the charge for the UK’s first living wage. But you’d never have guessed the Conservative Party would adopt the policy with such gusto in the 21st century.
Australia would need to avoid consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth until at least 2024 if it is truly to be able to claim this “world record” as its own.
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