Benchmark bond yields are in the middle of significant change in many countries, NZ included. While it is hard to know where ...

*Brian Easton, an independent scholar, is an economist, social statistician, public policy analyst and historian. He was the ...

Eyes on inflation's track; US jobs rose more than expected; American fear upcoming inflation; China struggles to contain ...

Expectations are being built for big home loan rate cuts leading up to the February OCR review and beyond. But there is more ...

US jobs market stronger than expected; US consumers fear impending inflation; financial markets fear rate cut delays; ...

China still battling deflation, moves to defend the yuan; Japanese wages rise; India growth slows; Aussie retail rises; ...

Yi Fuxian thinks that China will have to shift its focus from running trade surpluses, to strengthening their middle class ...

Gold gave back less than expected given a strong dollar and profit-taking, as a positive outlook and higher risk constrained outflows. Uncertainty in bond markets is likely to fuel interest in gold in ...

Workers found interacting with the AI assistant was an additional task to manage and its multiple interaction channels could ...