A new monthly survey from Macquarie University shows the increase in economic uncertainty has led to a jump in pessimistic views about business prospects.
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Business confidence surveys provide early signals of economic trends long before the official statistics.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2022 has some sobering data for the UK government.
Clarifying when and how the South African constitution allows for expropriation of land without compensation will strengthen property rights.
Business conditions aren’t translating to confidence, despite growing profits and jobs.
Business Leadership South Africa has in the recent past assumed a stinging position against public sector corruption. Bonang Mohale explains the stance taken by the lobby group.
The slew of numbers across various major economies this week continue to suggest a mixed picture.
Uncertainty about energy prices and political dithering on company tax rates point to businesses waiting before investing heavily.
It is a puzzle as to why businesses are reasonably confident but not willing to invest.
The effects of a sovereign credit rating downgrade would be painful for all South Africans.
We are all still learning the rules of the “secularly stagnant” global economy.
This week: a range of confidence measures, from not great to interesting for Australia; ECB confirms negative rates and further stimulus.
The economic news of the week wasn’t that bad - but there’s still plenty of timid types around.
Business confidence might be up after the budget, but there are more reliable measures of what’s really driving the economy.
As we head into the federal budget tonight, all eyes will be on how the Coalition government might tackle some challenging economic data affecting Australia’s economy.
It will take more than monetary policy to get Australia’s business and consumer confidence back on track.
The key economic indicators to look out for on budget night.
The fact is, people do not always behave dispassionately and logically. Which is why measuring consumer sentiment matters.
It would seem odd that the guesses of a random collection of people inform economic policy. But there’s more to consumer sentiment than that.
The CAMA RBA Shadow Board is a project by the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, based at the ANU, which asks industry and academic economists what interest rate the Reserve Bank of Australia should…
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, UNSW
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Economics, Melbourne Business School
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Senior lecturer in Finance, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow (Macroeconomics), Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Aston University
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Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
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Chief Economist Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University