Discover the highest and lowest literacy rates worldwide, factors influencing disparities, and how education policies shape ...

Ongoing strength in the U.S. economy drove mortgage rates up over 7% for the first time in eight months, casting doubt over a recovery in the housing sector. The 30-year mortgage rate inched up to ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. The U.S. unemployment rate is released on the first Friday of every month for the preceding month. The current and past ...

won the award for her role in establishing the comprehensive scientific and technological literacy project for women in Sudan. According to statistics from the Arab League Educational, Cultural, and ...

But despite landing slightly higher than Reserve Bank forecasts, a 50-basis-point Official Cash Rate (OCR) cut in February remains on the table, economists say. The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) cut the OCR ...

due to the low literacy rates among Tasmanian students. It recommended that the government continue with its Lifting Literacy initiative, which began in 2021. The review noted several indicators ...

They said 410 had since been rearrested. The mass arrests came after demonstrations erupted in Juba last week over reports that clashes in neighbouring Sudan had killed 29 South Sudanese. Almost 200 ...

The South Sudan government has ordered an immediate shutdown of social media sites like Facebook and TikTok within the country. The National Communication Authority (NCA), the country’s ...

Under legislation floated for a second time in Olympia, students graduating high school would be required to receive financial education instruction. House Bill 1285 is meant to ensure that ...

More than 130 million American adults read below a sixth-grade level, and the data shows that literacy rates in children are slowly dropping as each year passes. While the exact causes of declining ...

Macquarie Bank will now offer customers a one-year fixed rate of 5.55 per cent for owner-occupiers paying principal and interest assuming they have at least a 30 per cent deposit. For owner ...

The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) There is little chance that the Federal Open Market Committee will cut interest ...