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Global component of inflation surged in pandemic – research
Global factors have had a far greater bearing on individual countries’ levels of inflation since the pandemic, according to a ...
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Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown, by Laurie Parsons
Laurie Parsons, Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown, Manchester University Press, 2023, 248 pages ...
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Polymer substrates used on one-fifth of banknotes
The proportion of banknotes printed on a polymer substate averages slightly over 20%, the Currency Benchmarks 2024 reveal.
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Bank of Canada cuts policy rate by 50bp
The Bank of Canada reduced its policy rates by 50 basis points on October 23. The target for its overnight rate is now 3.75%, ...
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ECB could go below r* when setting policy, says Panetta
The European Central Bank (ECB) cannot rule out setting rates below the neutral level, the governor of the Bank of Italy has ...
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Differences in eurozone states ‘support disinflation narrative’
Speaking at the Peterson Institute in Washington, DC, on October 23, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré highlighted several “sizeable” ...
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How to allocate rate hikes ‘keeps me awake 24/7’, says BoJ’s Ueda
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda has said the issue of how to deliver interest rate hikes keeps him awake at night.