The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Even when kids spend five hours a day on screen – whether computers, television or text – it doesn’t appear to…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil rose…
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The Nobel committee’s decision to award its economics prize for 2021 to David Card, Josh Angrist and Guido Imbens marks the culmination of a revolution in the way economists approach the world that began more…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 24/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published its final report with policy proposals to enhance money market fund (MMF) resilience. The report, which was delivered to…
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Christian Hawkesby will become deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from January 2022, the central bank announced on October 6. The RBNZ announced two days later…
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© Reuters. (updates with settlement prices) By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — Crude oil prices were higher early Monday in New York but came off the seven-year highs posted overnight on a rare sign of spot market…
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Congress has seemingly kicked the debt ceiling deadline down the road – but the threat of a future default still exists. On Oct. 7, 2021, lawmakers in the Senate agreed to extend the government’s ability…
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Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s US$175 billion industry debuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at the Music Operators of America trade show in Chicago. Housed in…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 23/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a letter from the FSB Chair, Randal K. Quarles, to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pipelines run to Enbridge Inc.’s crude oil storage tanks at their tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose 2% on…
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