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Central bank signals could be impacting natural rate – BIS paper

Central bank signals could be impacting natural rate – BIS paper

The Bank for International Settlements, Basel The signals central banks send to the private sector and the information they receive in return could be enough to explain the decline in the natural rate of interest,…

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Oil Inventories Unexpectedly Fall by 2.5M Barrels Last Week: API By Investing.com

Oil Inventories Unexpectedly Fall by 2.5M Barrels Last Week: API By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – U.S. crude stockpiles unexpectedly fell last week, exacerbating expectations that supply will remain tight as demand continued to improve.                   …

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Should Elon Musk try to solve the problem of world hunger with $6 billion? 5 questions answered

Should Elon Musk try to solve the problem of world hunger with $6 billion? 5 questions answered

Elon Musk hinted on Oct. 31, 2021, perhaps jokingly, that he might be willing to donate US$6 billion of his fortune to pay for hunger relief. But there was a catch: The United Nations would…

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How digital technology helped support Ghana’s COVID response

How digital technology helped support Ghana’s COVID response

Real-time surveillance of reported COVID infections has been key to the global pandemic response. Many tools, devices and apps have been used to support surveillance. China, South Korea and Malaysia developed some early in the…

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Oil approaches $84 as lifting of U.S. travel ban boosts demand By Reuters

Oil approaches $84 as lifting of U.S. travel ban boosts demand By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil rose towards $84 a barrel on Tuesday, gaining for a third…

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The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use

The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use

There were four big announcements during the first week of COP26, the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow: on coal, finance, methane and deforestation. Of those four, the global methane pledge could have the most immediate…

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study shows the first continents bobbed to the surface more than 3 billion years ago

study shows the first continents bobbed to the surface more than 3 billion years ago

Most people know that the land masses on which we all live represent just 30% of Earth’s surface, and the rest is covered by oceans. The emergence of the continents was a pivotal moment in…

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Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials

Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced it would adopt strict new regulations barring its officials from investing in individual stocks and bonds (October 21). The board’s new rules will impose tighter disclosure rules and…

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Factbox-U.S. infrastructure bill spending on power grid and electrification By Reuters

Factbox-U.S. infrastructure bill spending on power grid and electrification By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Overhead power lines are seen during record-breaking temperatures in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo By Scott DiSavino and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is expected…

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$1.2T infrastructure plan offers lucrative target for fraud

$1.2T infrastructure plan offers lucrative target for fraud

Lawmakers passed the US$1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Nov. 5, 2021, with negotiations still ongoing over Democrats’ $1.75 trillion plan to expand the social safety net and tackle climate change. The proposed $3 trillion…

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