Labour markets have held up comparatively well as economies slow, but that could be about to change.
Economists are divided on whether interest rates in Australia are headed up or down, but they do see demand for labour rising. Here’s the interest rate forecast for 2019.
What is the outlook for Australian property prices now that the property market has passed its peak? Will house prices continue to deflate in key markets?
Despite economic growth, low inflation and a tightening job market, global interest rates remain stubbornly low and show no sign of increasing significantly anytime soon.
Will the UK’s prolonged divorce from the European Union be an opportunity to restore the country to global eminence by reinvigorating the Commonwealth as a trading network?
When it comes to money, humans are not rational creatures. Behavioural economics uses subtle prods to shift our bad habits.
It’s a worldwide problem: economic productivity should be rising … but it’s not. Experts can’t agree on whether it’s due to the global financial crisis (GFC), zombie companies or a complex mix of other factors, but they all agree that things haven’t been this bad since the 1950s.
Finance professionals will be extra busy this year, as a swathe of new accounting standards come into force. Accountants need business acumen, data analytics and leadership skills to provide strategic advice. Competition for the smartest people in the room is tougher than ever.
Zombie firms – dud businesses that refuse to die despite not being commercially viable – are not only surviving but multiplying, and acting as deadweight on productivity and growth.
Stopping people using and hoarding large sums of cash could be a crucial step in cracking down on tax avoidance.