Bloomberg Australia’s tumbling property prices could shave up to 1.2 percentage points from economic growth in 2019 as the decline hits housing construction and consumer spending, according to AMP Capital Investors Ltd. Sydney and Melbourne prices will drop a further 10 percent next year, taking their peak-to-trough fall to 20 percent as a “perfect storm” smacks housing, AMP Chief Economist ...

Bloomberg President Moon Jae-in’s income-led growth campaign will harm South Korea’s economy next year by weakening job creation, according to a majority of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. More than three-quarters of the 30 experts polled forecast employment growth will slow as the government pushes ahead with an 11 percent hike in the minimum wage, adding to the 16 percent increase ...

Bloomberg UK companies are fretting over the prospect of a no-deal departure from the European Union, with the government on the brink of collapse and Brexit negotiations likely delayed into the new year. Facing defeat on her Brexit accord, Prime Minister Theresa May this week postponed a vote on the plan. The delay in the Brexit vote means British businesses ...