Brexit fears push German bunds toward negative yield
One of the world's safest asset classes, German 10-year bonds, may no longer guarantee investors positive returns.
One of the world's safest asset classes, German 10-year bonds, may no longer guarantee investors positive returns.
Countries that don't set their economies on a growth path will rapidly become vulnerable to a ratings downgrade Standard & Poor's warns.
Further indications of an economy sailing along at a healthy pace combined with worryingly low inflation will give the RBA board plenty to discuss on Tuesday.
Janet Yellen has officially confirmed the diagnosis that the US economy has recovered sufficiently.
It's hard to imagine pricey high-density districts like Sydney's Waterloo descending into migrant ghettos. But there are big risks in jamming people into new suburbs, architect Jean Nouvel says.
Is the link between monetary policy and inflation broken?
Investors are sending a clear signal they are willing to snap up jumbo corporate bond offerings.
A plunge in bond yields could crunch retirement savers and deepen a downward spiral in consumer spending.
Tuesday's rate cut was about inflation - not the economy being weak and needing "help" from monetary policy
The low interest-rate environment, global uncertainty and disdain for banks has the gold price heading higher and higher.
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