Lesotho’s government announced on June 8 that it had appointed Emmanuel Maluke Letete to a five-year term as the new central bank governor. Letete was a non-executive director on the central bank board between 2015…
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On May 30, Meta, Google and Twitter released their 2021 annual transparency reports, documenting their efforts to curb misinformation in Australia. Despite their name, however, the reports offer a narrow view of the companies’ strategies…
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FSB Chair Klaas Knot delivers the keynote speech on the second day of the 2022 Green Swan Conference, co-organised by the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, the Network for Greening the…
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© Reuters. An aerial view shows oil stockpiling facilities in unidentified location, South Korea, in this handout picture taken on July 14, 2005. Picture taken on July 14, 2005. Korea National Oil Corp/Handout via REUTERS/File…
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Twenty million tonnes of grain are currently stuck in Ukrainian silos, exacerbating the global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of the country. Aside from the need to get the grain onto world markets, freeing…
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Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world – from the icesheets to the deserts, rainforests to savannahs. As individuals we are rather puny, but when we are socially…
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Ref no: 18/2022 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) today published a report to mark the completion of the second phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2). This report…
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© Reuters National Average Gas Price Now $5 By Sam Boughedda A gallon of gas has now crossed the $5 mark on average in the U.S., according to GasBuddy. The price of gas crossed the…
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed speculation that it will become the latest central bank to start raising headline interest rates to try to ward off inflation. The bank is to raise rates by…
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Central banks could improve the energy efficiency of payment systems if they make the right design choices when developing digital currencies, research published by the International Monetary Fund finds. Digital currencies and energy consumption explores…
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