Lower mortgage rates draw homeowners in - but keep home buyers out
The lower average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage spurred a small flurry of refinancing activity as homeowners sought lower rates on their loans. But purchase activity - buyers applying for ...
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PTTEP back to the drawing board on its largest ever discovery
Thailand’s PTTEP has gone back to the drawing board on its hugely-important Lang Lebah giant sour gas field development ...
How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...
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Far right normalised: Populist parties becoming stronger with strong headwind by mainstream parties
Demonstrators descended on Berlin Sunday to protest last week's decision by Germany's conservatives to make overtures to the ...
Silicon Valley’s brilliant young techies help Musk, Trump penetrate government, drawing Democrat fury
Bay Area members of Congress blasted incursions by Elon Musk’s team into government’s sensitive data and systems.
Why does WA have no income tax? That’s shaped class and the economy of Evergreen state
High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and ...
Trump starts trade war with new US tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, triggering retaliation | What's next?
US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, ...
Future Fund’s advantages over the partisan Trump model
President Trump’s plans for a new US sovereign wealth fund looks like being a very different model to Australia’s $240bn ...
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Why is it so difficult to estimate expenditure on health and care at the end of life?
Our new report today with the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by Marie Curie, is the most comprehensive analysis of ...
Tariffs create uncertainty for Manitoba tourism, but low dollar may draw U.S. travellers: economist
As Manitoba's tourism industry braces for the unknown effects of U.S. tariffs, some think an exchange rate favourable for U.S ...
A rule of thumb for tapping home equity
A simple rule can prevent you from overdoing it with a home equity line of credit: Don't borrow a lot, and don't borrow for ...