Power Ledger reaps Bitcoin windfall
The cryptocurrency mania is like the '90s dotcom boom and while some investors will go broke, good technologies will survive, says Power Ledger's Jemma Green.
ECB's Draghi increasingly optimistic
The ECB keeps rates on hold as it raises forecasts for economic growth and inflation, pledging to provide stimulus as long as needed.
Euro seen retaining currency crown
After trouncing the US dollar this year, the euro is set for a repeat performance in 2018, according to forecasters.
US retail sales exceed expectations
US retail sales increased more than expected in November as the holiday shopping season got off to a brisk start.
Jobs boom defies sober retail Christmas
Boom-time levels of jobs growth in the Australian economy have defied expectations for bleak Christmas trading and are at odds with the weak state of wage inflation.
Plenty of jobs but no pay rises in sight
There are plenty of jobs being created but a pay rise, and therefore a rise in official interest rates, are both still a long way off.
China investment growth slows
Industrial output and retail sales grew at a steady pace last month, while fixed asset investment cooled slightly, reinforcing signs of a modest slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy.
Yellen: Trump tax cuts a 'modest' lift to growth
US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen says the imminent Republican corporate tax cuts may boost business investment.
$A surges as US rate hike path seen slowing
The Australian dollar has leapt more than 1 per cent on bets that the US Fed may slow the pace of future interest rate hikes.
Fed sees three more hikes in 2018
The Federal Reserve lifted interest rates to 1.5 per cent and projected three more hikes in 2018 and 2019 to reach a long-run level of 2.8 p...
Bond traders see higher rates
Bond traders are wagering that the stock market is driving US monetary policy.
