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Inflation, Fed policy and emerging markets: the good, the bad and the ugly

Inflation, Fed policy and emerging markets: the good, the bad and the ugly

Clint Eastwood, star of ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ Financial markets are fixated on prospects for US inflation and Federal Reserve policy, and appropriately so. Rising interest rates may exacerbate already-elevated debt burdens…

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remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on

remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on

Four hundred years ago, on July 2 1621, a remarkable Englishman named Thomas Harriot died in London. He left behind some 8,000 pages of scientific research, but it is only in recent decades that scholars…

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Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill By Reuters

Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo By Libby George and Camillus Eboh LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) –…

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Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street

Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street

A Manhattan grand jury on July 1, 2021, indicted the Trump Organization and one of its top executives, Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, over his failure to pay taxes over 15 years. I’m a scholar…

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What is daydreaming? Parts of the brain show sleep-like activity when your mind wanders

What is daydreaming? Parts of the brain show sleep-like activity when your mind wanders

Our attention is a powerful lens, allowing our brains to pick out the relevant details out of the overwhelming flow of information reaching us every second. However, scientists estimate we spend up to half our…

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Oil prices inch up ahead of OPEC+ decision on supply cuts By Reuters

Oil prices inch up ahead of OPEC+ decision on supply cuts By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016.…

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Rebuilding resilience: the financial system after the Covid crisis

Rebuilding resilience: the financial system after the Covid crisis

FSB Vice Chair Klaas Knot speaks at the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) International Symposium. by : Source link

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How to help entrepreneurs adopt cutting edge technologies to grow their businesses

How to help entrepreneurs adopt cutting edge technologies to grow their businesses

Entrepreneurs are known to drive innovation and progress in various fields. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has provided an unprecedented platform to do so. This global concept was coined in 2016 by Professor Klaus Schwab. He…

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Fed set to adopt ‘elements’ of price-level targeting

Fed set to adopt ‘elements’ of price-level targeting

Covid-19 could act as a catalyst for a Janet Yellen-supported Fed move to adopt elements of price-level targeting. But questions remain about the timing of such a move by : Source link

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Aramco’s CFO Khalid al-Dabbagh set to step down -Bloomberg By Reuters

Aramco’s CFO Khalid al-Dabbagh set to step down -Bloomberg By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Reuters) -Saudi Aramco (SE:) Oil Co’s Khalid al-Dabbagh is set to step down…

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