Will the decision to grant a 5.75% increase in award rates add to inflation and increase interest rates, making many of us worse off? Well, no.
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Though times are very different now, there’s a strong case for the Albanese government to resurrect the Accord process of the Hawke-Keating era.
Central banks are raising interest rates to tame inflation, but 2023 will increasingly turn a technical decision into a political challenge.
Some commentary suggests a causal relationship between hiking interest rates and unemployment increasing. It’s not quite that simple, but the days of record high employment are probably numbered.
We are at a dangerous tipping point in ‘inflationary psychology’, says the central bank for the world’s central banks.
The Fed lifted its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point as it fights raging inflation.
The UK may be facing the worst economic conditions in many years, but the chancellor may prefer not to be overly helpful.
The Fed officially began its biggest inflation fight in four decades.
Central banks are facing some of their toughest monetary policy decisions ever.
The US economy is cooling, yet inflation remains elevated, a combo that suggests stagflation might be right around the corner.
After weeks of mulling, Biden decided to give Powell another term as Fed chair, which means he will have more influence over the trajectory of inflation than anyone else.
President Buhari’s Post COVID-19 economic recovery plan is neither novel nor ground-breaking.
Thousands of Chinese producers are at risk of going bust as a result of the outbreak.
We’re facing a global economic problem that no one really understands or knows how to fix.
At at time of rising hatred and nationalism, Jimmy Carter’s speech – a sermon that cautioned against excess, offers a counterexample.
While many market observers blame growing concerns about inflation for the stock market crash, the real culprit may be fears that the economy is about to slow.
While many market observers blame the growing threat of inflation for the stock market crash, the real culprit may be concerns that the economy is about to slow.
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