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Australia's unemployment numbers show a rise in January, sending stocks higher, while ANZ now expects the cash rate to peak at 4.1pc by May. Here's how the trading day unfolded.

The election of the Hawke Labor government on March 5 1983 began an era of once-in-a-century economic reforms that opened the Australian economy to the world. It floated the dollar, eliminated controls on international capital flows, and dismantled the high tariffs that protected local manufacturers from imports. It refocused Australia’s…

The FTSE 100 index has moved to the brink of the 8000 threshold amid more signs of economic resilience.

After lifting interest rates for a record nine times in a row, and flagging more raises still to come, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest set of forecasts make for grim reading.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose for the first time in six weeks but remained historically low, underscoring the resilience of the job market despite mounting economic uncertainty.

WASHINGTON — Only a few months ago many economists warned that a recession was not just inevitable, it was around the corner. Inflation would take years to curb. Surging unemployment was on its way.

Retail sales declined in December as the high inflation hampered consumer spending. However, sales are expected to improve amid easing inflation and a falling unemployment rate. Therefore, we think fundamentally sound retail stocks Dillard’s (DDS), Buckle (BKE), Movado Group (MOV), and J.Jill (JILL) could be ideal buys now. Read on.

More people are joining terrorist groups in Africa, which draws questions on its reasons, said a new report by the UN's international development agency. The report underscored the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Meanwhile, experts expected recruitment to increase as the African governments and international powers fail…

We had all better hope the coming slowdown doesn’t happen before the full effect of rate rises is felt