The holiday season sparks a significant increase in consumer spending. This year, Black Friday alone saw consumers shell out a record US$11.8 billion. It’s the time of year when many Americans make purchases to decorate…
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People: October to December 2025 – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months Anna…
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Over the weekend the federal government announced major changes to its A$2.3 billion home battery subsidy program. The changes include nearly A$5 billion in extra funding and adjustments to the financial support provided for different-sized…
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Oil rises as Venezuelan supply disruptions outweigh surplus concerns by : Reuters Source link
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In the dark months of winter, the warm glow of Christmas fairy lights and flickering candles brings some welcome atmospheric respite. And that atmosphere is something many retailers try to capture as they tempt shoppers…
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For more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been watching the lives of a very unusual group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The male dolphins in this group form one…
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Ukraine’s Odesa suffers major blackouts after Russian attack by : Reuters Source link
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Farmers have increasingly sown a single type of grass in their fields over the past 100 years, and then added chemical fertiliser to increase their harvest. But new research suggests that there are alternatives that…
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Norges Bank has announced it will not be introducing a retail or wholesale central bank digital currency, at least for now. The governor of Norway’s central bank, Ida Wolden Bache, said on December 10 that…
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The Australian Federal government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, commonly referred to as the “social media ban”, is now in effect. In the months leading up to the ban, there have been…
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