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What you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, new research suggests.
Financial institutions have a key role to play in funding green building construction and retrofits to cut energy use, running costs and emissions.
Homeowners looking to remortgage and first-time buyers struggled to manage interest rate hikes in 2023. Here’s what to think about this year.
African states say a pan-African rating agency will enable them to access capital and integrate the continent with global financial markets.
The UK retail bank business model has allowed banks to make significant profits as interest rates have risen over the past year.
For better or worse, debt is a part of everybody’s financial portfolios. Solid financial planning will help you keep your eye on the prize of wealth accumulation.
China’s international lending projects have big potential impacts on oceans and coasts. By cooperating more closely with host countries, Beijing can make those projects more sustainable.
The Fed raised interest rates the most in nearly three decades to fight stubborn inflation. A finance expert explains what’s happening, the risks and what it means for consumers.
Higher interest rates reduce demand for goods and services, which makes it harder for companies to raise prices. But there are risks as well.
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has become the world’s largest country-to-country lender. A new study shows that more than half of its loans threaten sensitive lands or Indigenous people.
Global economic policy excludes low-income countries from the spending options that developed nations use to buffer their economies in times of crisis, and the pandemic has inflamed that inequality.
The IMF loan does not impose any conditions over and above what is in South African law on how the funds can be used; it only seems to expect the country to implement policies already announced.
More financial services should target low-income households in South Africa.
Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
The odds of foreclosure double for families who send their kids off to college, according to two researchers who say their findings show a need for new ways for Americans pay for higher education.
It’s been 10 years since the U.S. signed into law a scheme to print money, essentially, and save the financial sector amid the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Did it work? And who’s truly benefitted?
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Senior Academic Researcher in Global Development Policy, Boston University
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Lecturer, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University London
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor of Global Development Policy and Director, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
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Professor of Banking & Applied Economics, University of Stirling
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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