The reported saving rate has fallen sharply from its pandemic peaks, causing many commentators to speculate that people are running out of savings. At first glance, that is what the data show, with ...

Statistical discrepancy reflects different reporting practices and 'opaque' global commodity chains, according to observers Whenever South African officials meet their Chinese counterparts to talk ...

Whenever South African officials meet their Chinese counterparts to talk trade, the issue of the imbalance in China’s favour is almost certainly raised. But a discrepancy in the data from the two ...