economics

There has been no shortage of pundits that have predicted the impending demise of the US dollar in recent times. Its use as a reserve currency is diminishing, they...

Inflation may be the common enemy of global finance right now, but every central bank has different ways of dealing with it.  In the US, Federal Reserve Chairman...

“There’s a tendency for markets to focus on the present and extrapolate it forever”, said Olivier Blanchard, a well-respected economist formally of the IMF. We could...

Top 6 ArticlesOne in six US homes is in arrears on their utility bills and 40% of American small businesses don’t pay their rent on time.Joe Biden’s college loan...

A lot has happened since Signal or Noise last appeared on your screens in June. The US entered a technical recession, UK inflation hit 10%, China went into and came...

Cast your mind back to March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was shutting the world down. To save the economy and thousands of SMEs from going bankrupt, the...

Top 5 ArticlesCEOs and Boards love “stakeholder capitalism” because woke values are easier to achieve than profits. In pricey Los Angeles, one business is building...

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase "central bank"? Philip Lowe? Jerome Powell? Inflation? Interest rates?  When a slew of headlines drop,...

In the first episode of Signal or Noise, we discussed the big economic and macro issues that are affecting investment decisions right now. If you missed that chat, you...

Welcome to the very first edition of Signal or Noise - Livewire's brand new series dedicated to data and economics. Our mission for this series is simple - to make...