The wealth of the super-rich is booming despite the recession. That begs an important question:will the pandemic leave us a more unequal society?
The International Monetary Fund says Australia's priority once the coronavirus recession ends should be on tax reform,especially around the GST,and childcare.
The Lebanese veteran politician Saad al-Hariri was named PM for a fourth time,and pledged to form a new government to tackle the country's worst crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war.
Tom Lembong held two cabinet-level posts in Joko Widodo's first term government but he's alarmed about Indonesia's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to workplace laws.
The IMF has upgraded its forecasts for the Australian economy but much still hinges on the creation of a safe and widely available vaccine.
A former Coalition leader warns a pandemic-induced debt crisis cannot be ruled out,and Australia will not be immune.
The International Monetary Fund has warned the pandemic global recession will be deeper than first feared,and leave nations with the largest debt on record.
The IMF says the economic upheaval triggered by the pandemic was more global and playing out differently than past crises.
Other measures including using normal attrition and reduced recruitment to cut jobs should be on the table.
The International Monetary Fund has found Australian investors rank among the worst in the world for ignoring the threat climate change poses to their stock picks and the broader financial system.
The global economy will take much longer to recover fully from the shock caused by the new coronavirus than initially expected.