Kenya’s central bank has been mulling the official use of a digital currency. More than 60 central banks have already entered the digital currency race since 2014. No details have been released in Kenya, but…
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The Sun hasn’t set in Antarctica since October. Earth’s southernmost continent is currently experiencing a long summer’s day, one that stretches from mid-October until early April. But on Saturday December 4, darkness will sweep across…
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There is no doubt the art of central bank communications is evolving constantly. Before 1994, the US Federal Reserve would not publish the results of its interest rate decisions. Senior central bank officials rarely…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The haze shrouded skyline of New York is a backdrop for a boat moving up the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey August 3, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (Reuters) – New York’s…
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Workplaces are adopting new forms of advanced automation at a rate that suggests a digital revolution in the making. Digital technologies such as sensorisation, networked data analytics, and artificial intelligence make it possible to collect…
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Science, at its heart, is a collaborative effort. The eureka moments are headline-grabbing and enormously important, but they don’t come out of the blue. They emerge from years or even decades of testing, rejecting and…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 39/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) met today in virtual format. Members discussed global…
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By Barani Krishnan “Every crisis has its silver lining.” Or so, the saying goes. And in gold’s case, Covid’s Omicron variant and the crisis of confidence it has spawned in the global recovery from the…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Large shares of grants that donor-advised funds distributed from 2014 to 2018 supported educational and religious nonprofits. That’s what we found…
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2021 has been a milestone year for advocacy for a right to repair. In November, Apple announced its Self Service Repair program, through which it will offer parts, tools and manuals for consumers to repair…
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