ARE AMERICANS HAPPY IT'S TRUMP, OR JUST HAPPY IT'S OVER?

For the first time since 2006, 37 percent of households said they expect their personal finances to improve in 2017... READ MORE›

GLOBAL DEBT RISES TO ALL-TIME HIGH $152TN

Excessive private debt is a major headwind against the global recovery and a risk to financial stability... READ MORE›

TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY

Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›

INVESTORS COULD LOSE $4.2TN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REPORT WARNS

It also called for a proper carbon price to be established as well as a tough new climate change treaty to be agreed in Paris... READ MORE›

RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE

More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›

Despite the weirdness of Campbell Newman running for premier from outside the parliament in 2012, his government began its work in a familiar, austerian manner... READ MORE›

ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR

The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL

Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›

TORIES PLAN TO SELL A?1.4BN STAKE IN GREEN INVESTMENT BANK TO PAY DOWN DEFICIT

Nick Mabey, chief executive of E3G, said Selling off a majority stake in the Green Investment Bank would be completely reckless... READ MORE›

AS EUROPE AND ASIA HOARD CASH, ECONOMISTS SEE ECHOES OF CRISIS

European and Asian investors have been rushing into the United States bond market, spurred by a global glut of savings that has reached record levels... READ MORE›

FUND THAT BEAT 91 OF PEERS PUTS NEXT BIG BET ON WORLDS POOREST

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, Holberg Rurik's benchmark, is down 9 percent over the past five years while the MSCI frontier index is down 1.4 percent... READ MORE›

CHILDREN'S SERVICES MORE THAN ?600M IN THE RED, WARN COUNCILS

Councils will receive more than ?200bn for local services, including children's social care, up to 2020... READ MORE›

If the United States removes Cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, a prospect raised by Mr... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'

Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›

ALBERTA CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S

Finance Minister Joe Ceci said he was disappointed by the downgrade, blaming it mainly on the low price of oil... READ MORE›

GEORGE OSBORNE'S SECRET PLAN TO BAIL OUT THE EUROZONE

Potentially far more money is at stake with Mr Juncker's investment fund... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES

The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›

THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE

Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›

WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?

There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›

OILSANDS GROWTH IN DOUBT AND THE FEDS ARE CONCERNED

Post-2020 investment to expand alberta's oilsands could slow or stall... READ MORE›

CHINA'S OCTOBER FACTORY GROWTH UNEXPECTEDLY HITS FIVE-MONTH LOW

China's October factory growth unexpectedly hits five-month low official PMI... READ MORE›

GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT

Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›

VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?

Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›

CHINA'S FLIGHT OF CAPITAL CAUSES GLOBAL RIPPLES

Another survey yesterday also showed investors have cut exposure to emerging markets to record low levels... READ MORE›

CHINA DEBT RISKS STOKE INTERNAL DEBATE OVER LOWERING 2017 GROWTH GOAL

China's economic growth targets are important because they determine policy settings... READ MORE›

NHS SET TO RECEIVE A?2BN CASH INJECTION UNDER THIS WEEKS AUTUMN STATEMENT

George Osborne is expected to point towards the growing UK economy as the reason for why the NHS is gaining a 2bn cash injection... READ MORE›

UK FIRMS EXPECT OUTPUT SURGE IN LATE 2016 DESPITE BREXIT VOTE

But retailers and consumer services were broadly flat and business and professional services fell slightly... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE IMF'S NEW GLOBAL GROWTH FORECASTS

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'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL

'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›

GOLDMAN SEES POST-BREXIT UK RECESSION; CUTS EU, U.S. GROWTH VIEWS

Goldman now expects eurozone GDP over the next two years to average 1.25 percent versus 1.5 percent before the Brexit vote... READ MORE›