After three consecutive dry winters from 2015 to 2017, “Day Zero” – when the taps would run dry – loomed large for the South African city of Cape Town and its surrounds in 2018. Municipalities…
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Mario Marcel, the former governor of the Central Bank of Chile, told the Central Banking Summer Meetings 2022 “credibility, trust and communication” were critical to central bank policy-making. Marcel, who became finance minister of Chile…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China…
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Food and fuel price increases and the aftermath of the COVID pandemic are really just the start of the story when it comes to fiscal shocks which have exacerbated government debt vulnerabilities in Africa. Tightening…
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The streaming wars are heating up. In March, Disney delayed the release date of Obi-Wan Kenobi to May 27 to coincide with the launch of Netflix’s top show, Stranger Things. This on the back of…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Gasoline prices are displayed at an Exxon gas station behind American flag in Edgewater, New Jersey, U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo 2/2 By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea If companies allowed more of their employees to permanently work from home, businesses would gravitate toward city centers, while people would…
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Yngve Slyngstad, Norges Bank Investment Management’s current chief executive The leadership of Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is involved in an expenses scandal affecting both the incoming and incumbent chief executives. Over the weekend,…
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Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular economy” has entered the fashion industry lexicon, wherein…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman 2/2 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will on Wednesday…
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