The Bank of Spain announced on November 18 that a jury headed by its governor would award a major economics prize to Bank for International Settlements president Agustín Carstens. The central bank’s statement said that…
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At about 10 o’clock on the night of February 28 2021, a fireball streaked through the sky over England. The blazing extraterrestrial visitor was seen by more than 1,000 people, and its descent was filmed…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — The naysayers to the gold rally may be right — once again. “Fed superhawk” James Bullard’s comments that higher-for-longer interest rates will be the only way for the…
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There is a widespread view that labour has become irrelevant as a force for change. The argument goes that the proliferation of digital labour platforms – and the rise in job insecurity this brings –…
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3/3 © Reuters. Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt’s COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 2/3 By…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8486press@fsb.org Ref: 42/2022 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Sub-Saharan Africa met in Diani, Ukunda, hosted by the Central Bank of Kenya, to discuss global and…
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What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying to predict enrollment…
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The football teams of 32 nations are gathered in Qatar for the quadrennial FIFA World Cup. Some 5 billion people around the world are expected to tune in to watch matches over the course of…
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Thailand’s central bank says it will launch a pilot study of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) by the end of this year. It is necessary to extend the scope of retail CBDC development…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker stands in front of the ExxonMobil oil refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo By Julia Payne and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – European refiners have…
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