No big deal: there is little to fear from nanoparticles in food

Jun 08, 2016 02:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Nanomaterials, and especially nanoparticles, have been on some peoples worry list for at least a decade. The definition of a nanomaterial is rather loose, just specifying that it must have at least one dimension of 100...

Rules change, new voters mean an unpredictable primary day in California

Jun 08, 2016 02:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Three months after Super Tuesday, the presidential primary is finally coming to California. That the Democratic Party still has two candidates in the race this late in the game reflects a highly divided base across the...

Euro gets momentary cushion from slumps as ECB remains accommodative with deferral in easing cycle

Jun 07, 2016 14:42 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

The FX market continues pricing a high probability of an additional 10 bps rate cut by the ECB in H1 2017 (see graph). As per ECB official, easing monetary policy by rates cut measures again would require a diverse...

China still wants to see a “managed depreciation” in the CNY exchange rate?

Jun 07, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Recent movement of CNY exchange rate seemingly points to PBoCs tactics. Historic data shows that the CNY has depreciated by more than 4.5% YTD against a basket of currencies and the USD-CNY fixing rates in the past few...

What actions do we forget and why?

Jun 07, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In a 1997 U.S. News and World Report survey, 1,000 Americans were asked the following question: Who do you think is most likely to get into heaven? According to respondents, then-president Bill Clinton had a 52 percent...

Lockout laws repeat centuries-old mistake of denying value of cities as messy places

Jun 07, 2016 09:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Sydneys lockout laws, as well as current and proposed restrictions in other Australian cities including Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle, are perhaps more about regulating peoples behaviours in cities than about...

Safety – or profit? The booming business of CCTV and Safer Streets

Jun 07, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

Closed circuit street cameras have been sold to the community as a way of making us safer, reducing crime and discouraging anti-social behaviour. But research into the Federal Governments $50 million Safer Streets program...