The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is sometimes called the most powerful man in the world. Able to steer the economic fortunes of the…
The unemployment rate in June ticked up to 5.7% from 5.5% the month before, according to figures released this morning by the Australian Bur…
Australia’s trade deficit widened during January, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The numbers s…
This week has seen a breakout of reality testing on the part of the world’s fiscal functionaries. The German high court has given its par…
The pace of economic growth will continue to grow during the second half of the year and into 2013, according to the latest result from the …
The inflation data has come and gone for another quarter, so it is worth taking a big picture look at the results. First there was the da…
QBE Insurance Group has been placed in a trading halt with reports suggesting the halt is due to an investigation by US authorities into one…
The Australian dollar has pushed through the $US1.09 barrier this morning, topping yesterday’s record high, as investors cast doubt on a US …
Interest rates are moving higher in both the United States and China – the big difference, of course, is that in China it’s the central ba…
Retail trade increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in September, following a 0.3% rise in August and a 0.7% rise in July, according to the…
Last night’s fall on Wall Street was significant because the market was reacting to information that we already knew. In other words, while …
