How home health aides could save the economy

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Labor turns up heat on Morrison government over economy

Parliament resumes, and with it Labor attacks on the Coalition over Australia’s faltering economic growth Read more »

Economies of scope buffer digital economy from the consequences of losses

An article in Financial Express presented an overview of the financial performance of e-commerce firms. It was based on a report by analysts and covered the period between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The... Read more »

Trump Acclaims Economy, but Voters Are Anxious Amid Recession Talk

Polling suggests that worries about the health of the economic expansion cross party lines. Read more »

The Debate Over A Cashless Economy

According to a Federal Reserve Board report in 2019, cash is still extensively used for small-value purchases, representing nearly half of all payments under $10 dollars and 42 percent of payments less... Read more »

Jumpy stock market hides economy’s positives

The Dow has been on a wild ride in August, and Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota thinks that talk of a possible recession in the US is premature. Read more »

Strong consumer spending propping up U.S. economy

U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July as households bought a range of goods and services, which could further allay financial market fears of a recession, but the strong pace of consumption... Read more »

Is India’s internet economy also slowing?

India’s internet user base is plateauing but long-term growth potential remains intact as internet penetration still remains low in the country Read more »

How bad is the slowdown? State of the economy explained in 10 charts

Tax projections made in the budget are based on projected nominal GDP growth for the year. This year’s budget had a projected nominal GDP growth of 12%. An 8% growth rate can... Read more »

Frydenberg touts economy’s ‘resilience’ despite slowest growth in more than a decade

Australia’s treasurer blames ‘challenging’ conditions for weak 1.4% GDP growth in year to June Read more »