Economists

Leadership shake-up to test Mexican central bank as inflation soars

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's surprise shakeup of the nomination process for the Bank of Mexico's (Banxico) next chief…

4 years ago

Analysis: Made in Canada: Factories see silver lining in supply chain woes

Global shipping and supply chain bottlenecks are encouraging Canadian firms to bring production back home, but some companies would have…

4 years ago

Inflation fears but Turkey likely still in rate-cut mode

European gas prices have resumed their climb and are up 60% so far in November , while Wednesday's data showed…

4 years ago

Column: Funds pause record selling of 10-year Treasuries

Hedge funds paused their relentless selling of 10-year Treasuries futures ahead of last week's U.S. consumer price data, but the…

4 years ago

Australia’s economy booms to pre-pandemic levels as consumers, businesses spend

Australia’s economy raced ahead last quarter as consumers and businesses spent with abandon, lifting output back above where it was…

4 years ago

U.S. manufacturing gains steam; raw material, labor shortages mounting

U.S. manufacturing activity picked up in May as pent-up demand amid a reopening economy boosted orders, but unfinished work piled…

4 years ago

Australia c.bank holds rates as economy charges ahead

Australia's central bank left its cash rate at record lows on Tuesday and reiterated its lower-for-longer policy stance even as…

4 years ago

UK house prices jump by 10.9%, could speed up further- Nationwide

British house prices jumped by an annual 10.9%, the most innearly seven years, and they look set to accelerate further…

4 years ago

UK jobless rate falls again, hiring up as lockdown eases

Britain's unemployment rate fell again to 4.8% between January and March, when the country was under a tight lockdown, and…

5 years ago