President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled Turkey for the last 21 years. In the first few terms of his rule, Turkey experienced significant economic growth and a reduction in inequality. This was widely believed to…
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Kenya’s president William Ruto has nominated his adviser Kamau Thugge as the next central bank governor, despite his implication in a financial scandal. Thugge was arrested in 2019 on corruption charges, with another senior civil…
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© Reuters. Investing.com — On one end, the debate is whether there’ll be a pause or hike. On the other, it’s whether a stay or another cut is coming. But Fed hike or OPEC+ cut,…
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on May 27, 2023, agreed in principle to a tentative deal that would raise the debt ceiling while capping some federal spending at current levels. The accord,…
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Varroa mites – notorious honey bee parasites – have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant implications for…
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© Reuters Investing.com – The much-awaited deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling is in, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, potentially setting equity and commodity markets on a new wave of risk-taking – after…
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UK government debt prices have taken an unnerving journey south in the past few days. The closely watched ten-year bond has now hit a yield of 4.3%, taking it within a fraction of the level…
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Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 years ago.…
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Distributed ledger technology can improve cross-border payments, the New York Fed and the Monetary Authority of Singapore found in phase two of their joint project, known as Cedar. The two central banks linked their digital…
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5/5 © Reuters. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks with delegates during the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework meeting in Detroit, Michigan U.S. May 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook 2/5 By David Lawder DETROIT (Reuters) – Trade ministers…
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