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People: January to March 2024

People: January to March 2024

People: January to March 2024 – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months Recep…

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Australians are open to self-driving vehicles, but want humans to retain ultimate control

Australians are open to self-driving vehicles, but want humans to retain ultimate control

A mob set fire to a Waymo self-driving taxi in San Francisco last month as residents’ anger about the cars boiled over. Self-driving “robotaxis” run by Waymo and other operators such as Cruise have been…

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Oil tumbles nearly 2% as Middle East tensions ease By Reuters

Oil tumbles nearly 2% as Middle East tensions ease By Reuters

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Monday, with Brent sliding under $90, as Middle East tensions eased after Israel withdrew more soldiers from southern Gaza and committed…

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conditions are ripe for replacement of the west African currency rooted in colonialism – expert

conditions are ripe for replacement of the west African currency rooted in colonialism – expert

At no point in history has the CFA franc – the name of a colonial currency used in west and central African countries belonging to the franc zone – been closer to its demise. Senegal…

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Online child safety laws could help or hurt – 2 pediatricians explain what’s likely to work and what isn’t

Online child safety laws could help or hurt – 2 pediatricians explain what’s likely to work and what isn’t

Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood. Adolescents face risks from testing out independence, navigating peer relationships, developing an identity and making…

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Gold bulls eye more record highs despite lightning gains By Reuters

Gold bulls eye more record highs despite lightning gains By Reuters

By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -An upgraded gold price forecast for 2024 from Nicky Shiels, head of metals strategy at Swiss gold refinery MKS PAMP, drew an unexpected follow-up question this week from market participants.…

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Turkey’s economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes

Turkey’s economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes

For many years, it wasn’t the economy that determined voting behaviour in Turkey. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook. This is commonly explained by…

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EU sees hope for US minerals deal from new forced labour law By Reuters

EU sees hope for US minerals deal from new forced labour law By Reuters

LEUVEN, Belgium (Reuters) – New European Union rules that will ban products made using forced labour have raised the prospect of concluding a deal on critical minerals with the United States, EU trade chief Valdis…

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During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day

During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day

The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, coincides with an exciting time for wild birds. Local birds are singing for mates and fighting for territories as they gear up for their once-a-year chance to…

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How cuts to marginal income tax could boost the UK’s stagnant economic growth

How cuts to marginal income tax could boost the UK’s stagnant economic growth

The British prime minister recently claimed the UK economy has “turned a corner”. Rishi Sunak said inflation figures were encouraging, and proclaimed that 2024 would be the year Britain “bounces back”. According to his chancellor,…

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