1. Home
  2. Business

Category: Business

Financial stability risks and the FSB’s work program

Financial stability risks and the FSB’s work program

Speech by Klaas Knot, Chair, Financial Stability Board at the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council Meeting, 26 April 2024 The views expressed in these remarks are those of the speaker in his role as FSB Chair…

Read More
Oil prices inch lower amid Israel ceasefire watch, rate jitters By Investing.com

Oil prices inch lower amid Israel ceasefire watch, rate jitters By Investing.com

Investing.com– Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Tuesday, extending declines from the prior session as focus remained on any progress in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. Growing expectations of higher-for-longer U.S. interest…

Read More
Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: what’s worth knowing

Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: what’s worth knowing

The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks…

Read More
FSB Asia Group discusses enhancing cross-border payments and risks arising from artificial intelligence and climate change

FSB Asia Group discusses enhancing cross-border payments and risks arising from artificial intelligence and climate change

Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477 [email protected] Ref: 10/2024 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Asia (RCG Asia) met today in Colombo. Members discussed recent financial market developments and vulnerabilities…

Read More
Oil prices slide on Middle East peace talks; Fed decision awaited By Investing.com

Oil prices slide on Middle East peace talks; Fed decision awaited By Investing.com

Investing.com–Oil prices drifted lower Monday as peace talks between Israel and militant group Hamas in Cairo tempered fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East disrupting supplies, but losses were limited by caution ahead…

Read More
We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light

We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light

Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a fossil? On a two-year retrieval mission of nearly 60 hours in…

Read More
What is meaningful work? A philosopher’s view

What is meaningful work? A philosopher’s view

Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives working. If this is the case, we may as well try…

Read More
Bank of Israel to launch CBDC sandbox

Bank of Israel to launch CBDC sandbox

The Bank of Israel is set to launch a sandbox for private sector players to experiment with a possible central bank digital currency (CBDC). It is building an application programming interface (API)-based sandbox, deputy governor…

Read More
Oil prices pare gains on U.S. inflation concerns By Reuters

Oil prices pare gains on U.S. inflation concerns By Reuters

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Monday, reversing gains from Friday as U.S. inflation data further dimmed the prospects of interest rate cuts anytime soon and boosted…

Read More
Think you’ll never retire? Here are four things young people can do to prepare

Think you’ll never retire? Here are four things young people can do to prepare

Retirement planning sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry, especially when you’re in your 20s. But it’s actually the key to unlocking your future freedom. The earlier you start saving, the more time your…

Read More