Seven Charts That Will Guide the Bank of England on Rate Cuts – Bloomberg
The Bank of England this week is likely to resist signaling imminent interest rate cuts despite the arrival of new data that is expected to show inflation...
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Talk of a soft landing for the global economy is premature – many dark scenarios are lurking – The Guardian
Central bankers are feeling smug. The fears of 12 to 18 months ago that the global economy was likely to crash as a result of...
Mercedes trials humanlike robots for ‘demanding and repetitive’ tasks – The Financial Times
Mercedes-Benz is trialling humanlike robots for “demanding and repetitive” tasks in one of its factories as the carmaker finds it increasingly hard to find reliable...
PODCAST: Can the US stock market stand 3% US inflation?
This week’s US inflation numbers came in and they’ve remained higher for longer than many expected, or wanted. How does this change the Federal Reserve’s...
Beyond Efficiency: A More-human Economics
There is a growing consensus that the economics profession must be open to new ideas and frameworks if it hopes to solve the world’s biggest...
U.S. Retail Sales Rose 0.6% in February – WSJ
U.S. retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in February compared with a month earlier, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists polled by The Wall...
The private-equity industry has a cash problem – The Economist
How much money are your private-equity investments making? The question is easy to answer for other asset classes, such as bonds or publicly traded stocks....
Tackling inequality vital for next century of growth, IMF head says – The Guardian
The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the only way to boost global economic growth over the next century is by tackling...
In Rare Makeover, ECB Tries to Get Banks Lending to One Another Again – WSJ
The European Central Bank unveiled a rare makeover to the inner workings of monetary policy, in a change that is technical but consequential for the...
How investors get risk wrong – The Economist
Hire a wealth manager, and one of their first tasks will be to work out your attitude to risk. If you are not sure exactly...