Is corporate greed fuelling inflation?
Inflation may produce more enormous profits because businesses conceal pricing increases...
Tag : labour
IF Insights: Is the United Kingdom becoming gig economy’s ‘crisis zone’?
A study by the University of Bristol and Oxford University found that the majority of gig economy workers feel under threat from feedback processes...
Gig Economy: Evolution of labour market
The gig economy is expected to grow to $455B by 2023 year-end in gross volume transactions...
British ferry operator P&O Ferries spends £36.5 mn on severance pay
Some of the sacked workers will get as much as £170,000....
Fewer EU citizens coming to UK leaves companies in Brexit ‘supply shock’
Businesses are finding it hard to fill in vacancies due to a drop in new EU workers, says report...
Issara Institute highlights labour exploit in supply chain
The government and businesses must take proactive steps to ethically address human trafficking in low-skilled sectors...
US labour market continues to tighten
Wage growth raises inflation expectations...
US Fed monetary policy: A moving target
Interest rates unchanged following the September meeting Ken Taubes September 26, 2016: As expected, the Federal Reserve Board left interest rates unchanged following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). In its statement following the meeting, the FOMC said, “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds...
‘China’s shift to services not good in long run’
The country is going through premature deindustrialisation, say experts Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya August 3, 2016: Of late, China has been less in the news for its ‘slowdown’. Economic activity in the country has stabilised in recent months, mostly on the back of the property market rally and strong infrastructure investments. But, there is another challenge...
Uncertainty of election makes pound jittery
On April 10, the pound fell to a five-year low against the dollar Tim Evershed April 17, 2015: Uncertainty surrounding the result of next month’s UK general election is sending the sterling on a rollercoaster against the dollar. On April 10, the pound fell to a five-year low against the dollar as election jitters combined...