Rosa María Lastra and Lee Buchheit, Sovereign debt management, Oxford University Press, 2014, 487+ lvi pages These days, when elections in a southeastern European Union member state and discussions about the best ways to revitalise…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Overhead power lines are seen during record-breaking temperatures in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – Power demand in Texas is set to break the…
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There has been a huge amount of concern about rising inflation in recent months, and it’s made worse by the fact that wage inflation has not been keeping up. A few workers in high-paid jobs…
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Recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) models are capable of many impressive feats, including recognising images and producing human-like language. But just because AI can perform human-like behaviours doesn’t mean it can think or understand like…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The U.S. job market isn’t giving up easily, meaning its ‘shadow’ — the oil market — won’t either. With neither slowing significantly, good luck to the Federal Reserve…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria recently announced an increase in the interest rate, from 11.5% to 13%, a 1.5 percentage point hike that took effect immediately. Whenever the Central Bank changes the monetary policy rate,…
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View a printable version of this report in PDF format “We rely more on social media,” a central bank in the Americas said of its response to Covid-19. The comment encapsulated a trend that has…
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For hundreds of millions of years, Earth’s climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. Over the past century, humans have pushed CO₂ levels to…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — Crude prices settled at almost $120 a barrel on Friday after President Joe Biden played down the likelihood that he will travel to Saudi Arabia to meet the…
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Luxury fashion house Prada has a scheme for customers who want something even more exclusive than its usual range of clothing and accessories. Each month, on a first-come first-served basis, the Time Capsule Collection offers…
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