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BIS launches joint project to map supply chains

BIS launches joint project to map supply chains

BIS launches joint project to map supply chains – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content IMF, World Bank, United Nations and others join Project Insight The Bank for International Settlements…

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Nearly a million homes, businesses in Texas still without power after Hurricane Beryl By Reuters

Nearly a million homes, businesses in Texas still without power after Hurricane Beryl By Reuters

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Nearly a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall with fierce winds and rain that knocked down trees and…

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what can (and can’t) be learned from China about growing cities

what can (and can’t) be learned from China about growing cities

The economic growth paths of Asian and African countries have often been compared. China, with gross domestic product per capita of US$251 in 1987, was poorer than most African countries at the time. Uganda’s GDP…

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Junk food is promoted online to appeal to kids and target young men, our study shows

Junk food is promoted online to appeal to kids and target young men, our study shows

The Australian government has been investigating whether we should ban unhealthy food advertising online, and how it could work. In the United Kingdom, a ban on unhealthy food and drink advertising online will start in…

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Navigating challenges facing the international financial system

Navigating challenges facing the international financial system

   Klaas Knot, Chair of the Financial Stability Board, President of De Nederlandsche Bank, and member of the ECB Governing Council, and Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank,…

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ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil get second US FTC request over $22.5 billion deal By Reuters

ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil get second US FTC request over $22.5 billion deal By Reuters

(Reuters) – Top U.S. independent oil producer ConocoPhillips (NYSE:) said on Friday it received a second request from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for information on its proposed acquisition of rival Marathon Oil (NYSE:). ConocoPhillips…

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Will a market crash one day be pinned on the Supreme Court? An accounting expert explains why recent rulings have him worried

Will a market crash one day be pinned on the Supreme Court? An accounting expert explains why recent rulings have him worried

In two major rulings this past month, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the authority of federal agencies to draft and enforce policies that affect the nation’s financial health. One important agency, the Securities and Exchange…

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Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems

Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems

Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the…

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Turkey’s economic odyssey: inflation, lira decline and strategic shifts

Turkey’s economic odyssey: inflation, lira decline and strategic shifts

Turkey’s economic odyssey: inflation, lira decline and strategic shifts – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Marcello Minenna delves into the damage of 20 years of ‘Erdoganomics’ Twenty years of…

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Oil rises on cooling US inflation but heads for weekly dip By Reuters

Oil rises on cooling US inflation but heads for weekly dip By Reuters

By Shariq Khan and Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices inched up on Friday amid signs of easing inflationary pressures in the world’s biggest oil consumer, the United States, though the contracts were headed for…

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