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Central Banking Series

Bank of Canada to keep interest rate unchanged, unlikely to hike in 2017

Jan 18, 2017 05:07 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is expected to hold its first monetary policy meeting of 2017 on January 18. It is widely expected to maintain its bank rate at a historic low of 0.50 percent amid global market...

Central Banking Series

ECBs bank lending survey likely to show improvement in loan conditions in Q4, says Societe Generale

Jan 16, 2017 12:18 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The ECBs loan conditions are expected to have indicated certain improvement in the fourth quarter, although with persistent concerns. The bank lending survey of ECB in October indicated a diverging trend between loans for...

Central Banking Series

Bank Indonesia likely to keep interest rate steady, monitor rupiah in 2017

Jan 16, 2017 06:36 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy

The Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to hold its first monetary policy meeting on Thursday, January 19. It is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75 percent for foreseeable future as the...

Central Banking Series

PBoC likely to raise interbank yuan funding costs in offshore market, says Scotiabank

Jan 16, 2017 06:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Peoples Bank of China has reportedly ordered certain commercial banks to balance their monthly outbound RMB payments and inbound RMB receipts, noted Scotiabank in a research report. Offshore yuan funding costs are...

Central Banking Series

ECB minutes show strong consensus in favour of QE, growing confidence in the blocs recovery

Jan 13, 2017 15:46 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

ECB minutes of the December meeting were largely hawkish, but some discord was seen over QE. Some ECB members were against any extension of the institutions mass bond-buying programme as inflation picked up in the euro...

Central Banking Series

ECB President Mario Draghi calls for caution on LSE, Deutsche Boerse merger

Jan 12, 2017 14:48 pm UTC| Commentary

Deutsche Boerse and London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) have been working to overcome regulatory hurdles holding up their $28 billion merger. The European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in a letter to a member of the...

Central Banking Series

BoE to look through inflation rise, could react if slowdown proves more modest than expected

Jan 10, 2017 11:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Incoming economic data in UK do not support the view of an uncertainty driven slowdown in the aftermath of the EU referendum. UK economy expanded at 0.6 percent q/q in Q3 2016, the first full post-referendum quarter. The...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025

Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at the touch of your smartphone and with minimal environmental...

Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people (more than 50% of the population) are without access to electricity. Malawi has one of the worlds lowest electricity access rates just 14.1% of the total population have...

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

Politics

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...

What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case

Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike, was a...

US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed

Coverage of the recent student encampments at more than 50 universities across the United States has focused on confrontations between opposing groups of protesters or between protesters and police. The spectacle of...

Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Technology

DogeCoin and Shiba Inu Poised for Over 100% Market Rally

As the crypto market braces for recovery, Dogecoin and Shiba Inu show signs of a potent rebound. Technical indicators and market dynamics suggest a potential surge exceeding 100%, attracting keen investor...

FED Quietly Initiates Money Printing, Sparks Bitcoin Price Surge Speculation

One chart stands out as a beacon of optimism for Bitcoin and its peers in the complex landscape of cryptocurrencies. With the revival of the US money supply, investors face a critical moment. As the printing machines...

Ethereum ETFs: All Pending SEC Applications in a Bid for Regulatory Approval

Following the historic approval of 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in January, industry analysts are asking when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve an Ethereum counterpart. For those who...

Tron Founder Justin Sun Bags 2M Tokens From EigenLayer Airdrop, Boosting Crypto Clout

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of Tron (TRX), stands to benefit significantly from the EigenLayer token airdrop. He received over $2 million in EIGEN tokens as part of EigenLayers Phase 1 airdrop. acquiring a staggering...
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