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BankingDay's George Lekakis argues the Aussie floods and previous natural disasters highlight profound flaws in the major banks’ strategic attacks on cash

BankingDay's George Lekakis argues the Aussie floods and previous natural disasters highlight profound flaws in the major banks’ strategic attacks on cash

Chris Leitch argues the RBNZ's $53 billion government bond buying programme has proven to be nonsensical madness favouring commercial banks over taxpayers

Chris Leitch argues the RBNZ's $53 billion government bond buying programme has proven to be nonsensical madness favouring commercial banks over taxpayers

Yasheng Huang explains why the China's lower-key, less moralistic approach to Russia may prove essential

Yasheng Huang explains why the China's lower-key, less moralistic approach to Russia may prove essential

The World Gold Council's updated monitoring of central bank gold activity shows they sold more than they bought in January. Most activity is by the central banks of autocracies

The World Gold Council's updated monitoring of central bank gold activity shows they sold more than they bought in January. Most activity is by the central banks of autocracies

Orville Schell thinks the Russian and Chinese leaders will remain committed to a Leninist narrative of victimisation

Orville Schell thinks the Russian and Chinese leaders will remain committed to a Leninist narrative of victimisation

The next Global Dairy Trade auction is expected to show a strong, positive market shift again, building on the prior three events. The derivatives market is expecting WMP to gain more than 6%

The next Global Dairy Trade auction is expected to show a strong, positive market shift again, building on the prior three events. The derivatives market is expecting WMP to gain more than 6%

Highly liquid gold reacts positively to tail events linked to geopolitics and, despite price volatility, tended to keep those gains in the months following the initial event, or so says the World Gold Council

Highly liquid gold reacts positively to tail events linked to geopolitics and, despite price volatility, tended to keep those gains in the months following the initial event, or so says the World Gold Council

Jason Furman cautions against reading too much into the initial market reactions to Russia's invasion

Jason Furman cautions against reading too much into the initial market reactions to Russia's invasion

Edward Wolff presents new research showing how higher prices help to mitigate wealth inequality

Edward Wolff presents new research showing how higher prices help to mitigate wealth inequality

Keyu Jin thinks the US should be careful what it wishes for in its techno-competition with China as it adds to the US Entity List

Keyu Jin thinks the US should be careful what it wishes for in its techno-competition with China as it adds to the US Entity List

Many things bind Putin and Xi, Russia and China, but Ukraine might not be one of them. Dong Xing explains

Many things bind Putin and Xi, Russia and China, but Ukraine might not be one of them. Dong Xing explains

Yu Yongding considers how China can mitigate property-sector risks without sacrificing robust GDP growth

Yu Yongding considers how China can mitigate property-sector risks without sacrificing robust GDP growth

Keun Lee identifies the barriers China must overcome during the next phase of its development

Keun Lee identifies the barriers China must overcome during the next phase of its development

Daniel Cohen explains why the French president's position remains strong ahead of April's election

Daniel Cohen explains why the French president's position remains strong ahead of April's election

AUTs Rahul Sen and Sadhana Srivastava point out that as high as inflation is now, it will probably go higher from here. Supply chains are vulnerable and there are no quick fixes

AUTs Rahul Sen and Sadhana Srivastava point out that as high as inflation is now, it will probably go higher from here. Supply chains are vulnerable and there are no quick fixes

Mariana Mazzucato rejects corporate leaders' narrow, self-serving vision of 'stakeholder' capitalism

Mariana Mazzucato rejects corporate leaders' narrow, self-serving vision of 'stakeholder' capitalism

Stephen Roach worries that the US is not prepared for President Xi Jinping's new marriage of convenience with Russia

Stephen Roach worries that the US is not prepared for President Xi Jinping's new marriage of convenience with Russia

Thitinan Pongsudhirak explains why the Southeast Asian region will once again be a major theatre of superpower confrontation

Thitinan Pongsudhirak explains why the Southeast Asian region will once again be a major theatre of superpower confrontation

Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Mads Nipper urges companies to align around a newly developed common framework for decarbonising their value chains

Mads Nipper urges companies to align around a newly developed common framework for decarbonising their value chains

Terry Haydon says it is time to make business loan costs transparent, and extend the CCCFA true cost of credit requirements to SME lending. That will bring both fair competition and better options for borrowers

Terry Haydon says it is time to make business loan costs transparent, and extend the CCCFA true cost of credit requirements to SME lending. That will bring both fair competition and better options for borrowers

S&P's Martin Foo says NZ councils have largely fared well in the Covid-era but infrastructure deficits may prove challenging

S&P's Martin Foo says NZ councils have largely fared well in the Covid-era but infrastructure deficits may prove challenging

Patrick Reinmoeller and Karl Schmedders warn investors against trying to time when the current boom on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) turns to bust

Patrick Reinmoeller and Karl Schmedders warn investors against trying to time when the current boom on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) turns to bust

Kent Harrington explains how the Chinese government's aggressive land and water grabs are degrading the region's ecosystems

Kent Harrington explains how the Chinese government's aggressive land and water grabs are degrading the region's ecosystems

James K. Galbriath urges the US to revive a policy framework that worked extraordinary well for most of its 40 years

James K. Galbriath urges the US to revive a policy framework that worked extraordinary well for most of its 40 years