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Inflation is pressuring household budgets, pushing down consumer confidence in a slew of nations.

Taiwan has one of the lowest GDP growths since 1995 among emerging economies. This is not going to change if wages don’t grow.

ON Tuesday the Scottish Government released a “scene setter” for independence, a 72-page document that launches a fresh vision for Scotland’s…

Exclusive: bill for repairs backlog runs to £9bn and waiting lists are lengthening because of lack of capital to improve infrastructure

Americans aren't alone in experiencing sky-high gas and food prices.

The true cost of Brexit is becoming painfully clearer by the day

A court in London rejects an emergency bid to block the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The first refugees are expected to be flown to the east African country next week despite public outcry over its human rights record. Also in this edition, there's disappointment in South Sudan and…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is derailing the global economy's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the latest to slash its global GDP growth forecast for 2022, from 4.5 percent projected in December to just 3 percent in its latest outlook. Driving that…

Markets globally are in the red as the world faces continuing inflation and the likelihood it will be tackled with rising interest rates. The ASX finishes down again.