New analysis shows how $1 spent locally can impact Australia’s economy in huge ways

Shoppers have been urged to “keep Australian Made” in mind this festive season to boost billions of dollars’ worth of ...
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Lessons from Nobel Prize winners in economics on how to nurture a culture of growth

The Nobel Prize in economics this year went to three thinkers who show us why economies grow and how we can help them do so.

Fed struggles to assess state of US economy as government shutdown shuts off key data

In ordinary times, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee, which usually meets eight times a year, have a wealth of information at their disposal, ...
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How Individual Investors Can Use AI Tools to Track the Economy

Turn information overload into actionable insight and gain understanding of the macroeconomic elements driving market actions.

The Erie Canal: How a ‘big ditch’ transformed America’s economy, culture and even religion

(THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, ...

Is it wrong to have too much money? Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country’s economy

In wealthy, more economically equal countries such as Switzerland and Belgium, people were more likely to say that having too much money is immoral. In countries that are poorer and more unequal, such ...
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Japan is still rising to new highs – here's how to invest

Political ructions in Japan are no obstacle to gains, and the return of inflation may even benefit stocks, says Max King. What is Japan doing right?

Fed lowers interest rates as it struggles to assess state of US economy without key government data

It’s clear that there is no risk-free path for policy, and a wrong move by the Fed could stoke inflation or even send the U.S. economy spiraling into a recession. At the Fed’s September monetary ...
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It’s always been hard to make it as an artist in America – and it’s becoming only harder

Most artists are insured, but roughly 20% buy coverage on their own, compared with about 10% of all U.S. workers. When the Affordable Care Act expanded access to individual plans, artists’ coverage ...
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Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth ...