Economy

'Too many Centrelink handouts - people don't want to work'

An Australian business owner struggling to find workers says many would rather sit around on the dole than get a job.

Australian Dollar, APAC Markets Focus on Bond Yields to Start March

APAC markets' March open will look to government bond yields to gauge sentiment. Will the Australian Dollar recover from last week's sharp drop?

Rail fares to rise by 2.6% in England and Wales

Ticket costs to go up by more than RPI inflation for first time since 2013 amid concerns about high prices.

Producing less for more cost. Alex Ross says central bank policies no longer determine inflation and their delusion is worrying bond markets. The currency consequences when the inflation river crests will produce another taper tantrum

Huge bond market moves, changes to the Reserve Bank mandate, another lockdown, big FX shifts. Without doubt last week was the most tumultuous to date in ...

China carries out a pre-emptive strike on India’s Atmanirbhar bid to secure pharma supply chain

The government has come up with a production-linked incentive scheme to encourage domestic manufacturing of pharma raw materials. But China is indulging ...

Rail passengers will be hit by above-inflation price rises tomorrow

Commuters in England and Wales will see their ticket prices increase by around 2.6 per cent from Monday while those in Scotland will be hit by fare rises of ...

Rishi Sunak should think carefully about any possible tax rises within the Budget | Hamish McRae

There will probably need to be some increases in taxation to fill the hole in the nation's finances created by the Covid-19 pandemic, but now is not the time for ...

In a pandemic year, fewer business closures

Despite the pandemic and the resulting lockdown, company closures declined 22.7% in 2020 and new company regisrations remained at the same level, official ...

UK could increase interest rates to stop 'inflationary big cat getting out of the bag'

INTEREST RATE rise is on the horizon as a Bank of England chief warns against letting the 'inflationary big cat out of the bag', amidst signs bitcoin is set for a ...

This will be a Budget like no other – Rishi Sunak has to put the UK firmly on the road to recovery

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Many workers feel more at home in the office than anywhere else

Q: John, what do you make of the news that London's population may have plunged by 700,000 during the pandemic? Should business be worried?

Unemployment, underemployment needs to be addressed with urgency in Nigeria - Jobberman

Unemployment has been a bane of many countries, especially in Nigeria, as there are projections that the nation's unemployment rate will reach an all-time high ...