Can Facebook help you make your home more sustainable?
Jan 10, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook has always been controversial, with many users worrying about how the information they post might be used. Lately, the social media behemoth has also been criticised for facilitating the spread of fake...
The meritocracy is a smokescreen for inherited privilege
Jan 10, 2017 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
The politics of naming who is called what by whom can be used as a weapon, something we saw a great deal of in 2016 against a backdrop of the rise of populism generally. Sometimes it felt absurd: billionaires taking back...
How Finland could see benefits from its basic income experiment
Jan 10, 2017 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
One of the greatest political challenges in the 21st century is coming up with a welfare system which is both effective and fair. Recipients and non-recipients of benefits payments are both quick to point out apparent...
How to calculate the economic impact of grief
Jan 10, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The death of a child is one of the most traumatic experiences that a parent can experience. Those who do experience it can struggle to recover. Child loss leads to intense grief and depression. Many affected parents state...
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...
Jan 10, 2017 09:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
The situation as regards inflation has improved notably in Norway over the past few months. The rate of inflation has eased from 4.4% in the summer to only 3.5% recently. However, we are unable to sound the all-clear....
FxWirePro: Is EUR/JPY skews mispriced? Vol smile opportunities in EUR/USD and USD/JPY
Jan 10, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The volatility smile most often signifies that traders are willing to pay higher implied volatility prices as the strike price grows aggressively out of the money. Among G3 FX volatility space, EURJPY 3m-6m risk...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects