Consumer sentiment remained flat in October, compared to the previous month. But history shows a prolonged federal shutdown can impact how people feel about the economy.
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New Zealanders have often been frustrated with crucial economic decisions being made using months’-old data. A new tool is starting to bridge that gap.
Slowing job growth should come as no surprise.
Increasing life expectancy and falling birthrates means many of us may have to keep working until beyond 71 years of age.
Two important inflation indicators are trending in different directions. What gives?
How does the UK ensure a decent standard of living for its elderly population?
Prom can be very expensive, but prices for clothes, photographers and other traditional gear haven’t climbed as much as everything else.
It has consequences for everything from voting rights at the IMF to international borrowing costs.
African governments must engage rating agencies better, providing them and investors with credible economic data, and regularly address all concerns being raised.
Businesses need to develop their cyber-resiliency by examining their business practices, and stopping, continuing or starting cybersecurity measures.
As countries get ready to re-open their economies, will there be a post-pandemic recovery? History and current economic models suggest those looking for a quick rebound will be disappointed.
The government collects reams of economic data that are vital to the functioning of companies, policymakers and even families.
Although Puerto Ricans are American citizens, what happens on the island tends to stay there, at least in terms of economic data.
The low share of women revealed in this data is problematic for two reasons: a lack of diversity, and what it shows about women’s participation in the social network of informal collaboration.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is stuck, according to the economic evidence, it has to raise rates but it also should cut.
A comparison of 36 Australian cities finds that, unlike Europe, the data on their creativity and culture are not closely linked to their capacity to generate economic value and social well-being.
There’s good news from manufacturers around the world, and this should feed into economic growth.
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Principal Lecturer in Finance, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor, Finance, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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Professor of Finance and Distinguished Professor of Applied Investments, Appalachian State University
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Stephen JR Smith Chair of Accounting and Auditng, Professor of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Professor, Management Information Systems, Simon Fraser University
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Lecturer in International Development, University of York
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Stockholm Environment Institute
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Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan