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Sub-2% mortgages are a thing of the past. The Reserve Bank’s governor has signalled variable rates will rise sooner than previously expected, but says he doesn’t expect it in 2022.
Australia is being paid to borrow. For those funds at least, borrowing is the opposite to a burden on the budget.
The Commonwealth can never become insolvent. It ought to help out the states.
There’s more to that Coronavirus. Even before it, businesses weren’t keen to invest.
Modern Monetary Theory is suddenly popular because it implies governments can spend as much as they need to. But that spending comes with risks.
Canada’s federal deficit has ballooned as Ottawa spends billions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. An economist explains why the massive spending will not harm Canadians in the future.
With government debt soaring following moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic, now is the ideal moment to change how states borrow money.
In many countries people are now paying more for bonds than they will receive at maturity. These negative interest rates should make it a good time for investment.
The federal government keeps coming up with new ways to finance infrastructure, but it isn’t clear they will shift the cost or risk away from government.
Despite a media statement announcing that Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) have created the first government bond using the blockchain (dubbed the “cryptobond…
The 2008 financial crisis exposed major gaps in central banks’ operations. New features like quantitative easing have since emerged.
Credit rating agencies have come in for a lot of flack. But the bottom line is that to attract investors with deep pockets countries can’t avoid having a credit rating. And a good one at that.
Uncertainty about economic growth is driving record low long-term government bond yields, but there’s more to the story.
Safe haven investments are investments that provide a low level of risk during periods of extreme economic uncertainty. The problem is that a safe haven investment is a safe haven investment until it is…
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