Category: Economy

Reflecting a spike in sales by gas stations, the Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing an increase in U.S. retail sales in the month of March. The report … Read More

New Zealand’s central bank lifted its key interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest increase in over two decades, to head off rising inflation expectations and minimize any … Read More

“Failure to Launch” (2006) was a popular movie, perhaps because it tells a familiar story. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker and football legend Terry Bradshaw, it is about a … Read More

Economic commentators always reach for historical analogies, and with good reason. For example, those who had studied past banking crises had a much better grasp of what was happening in … Read More

My wife and I are self-funded retirees and have attempted to apply for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card online via the federal government’s Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) site. The … Read More

I think I’ve figured out why journalists – myself included – are always so perennially disappointed by federal budgets. Forced to surrender our phones and internet access for six hours … Read More

Surging prices of many defence stocks are leaving investors with a dilemma: should they profit from the growing insecurity around the world, or deem them to be beyond the ethical … Read More

Germany’s consumer price inflation jumped to its highest level in over four decades in March as the Russia-Ukraine war led to a surge in energy prices. The consumer price index … Read More

Want to spend a few billion dollars on a resource project in Australia? Well, get ready to do your homework, take financial risks, and fight in the war for talent … Read More

With orders for transportation equipment pulling back sharply, the Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing new orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods tumbled by much more than expected … Read More