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UK Labour-market slack likely diminished further

Apr 15, 2015 22:50 pm UTC| Commentary

Februarys labour-market data is expected to show that slack in the UK labour market continued to diminish.The three-month average unemployment rate will likely remain at 5.7% as there was an unexpected increase in the...

Euro area CPI likely to match flash

Apr 15, 2015 21:53 pm UTC| Commentary

The final release of the euro-area CPI inflation rate for March, due on 17 April, is expected to match the flash release at -0.1% y/y. Similarly, core CPI will likely match the flash at 0.6% y/y.Headline CPI was less...

Singapore NODX growth likely remained muted in March

Apr 15, 2015 21:22 pm UTC| Commentary

Singapore will release March non-oil domestic exports (NODX) data on 17 is expected to have fallen 0.2% y/y, following a 2.4% y/y decrease in January-February, due to continued weakness in electronics exports.Electronics...

Poland monetary policy changes not before Q1 next year

Apr 15, 2015 20:57 pm UTC| Commentary

Only under extraordinary circumstances would the MPC consider further interest rate cuts. These circumstances could include the drastic appreciation of the PLN against the EUR to below 3.80.The possibility of such a...

China GDP growth slowed further in Q1, more easing expected

Apr 15, 2015 17:53 pm UTC| Commentary

China GDP growth slowed further to 7.0% y/y in Q1, with few signs of a quick turnaround. Sluggish investment seems to have been the main reason for decelerating growth. Year-to-date fixed asset investment (FAI) growth has...

BoE will likely hike rate this year despite low inflation

Apr 15, 2015 17:46 pm UTC| Commentary

Bank of England will hike this year despite low inflation, as inflation is expected to pick up when the base effects from the drop in food and energy prices fade.Wage growth is likely to pick up further this year in step...

Canadian housing likely to beat expectations yet again in 2015

Apr 15, 2015 17:24 pm UTC| Commentary

Canadian existing home sales bounced back from what was a pretty chilly winter, rising by 4.1% in March 2015, leaving them 9.5% above year ago levels. Most markets across Canada recorded double-digit annual gains in home...

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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...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

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...

Technology

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...

$73M Crypto Scam: Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for 'Pig Butchering'

The Justice Department prosecuted two Chinese nationals on Friday in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from deceived victims. Defendants Allegedly Used Shell Corporations to Launder Funds Through...

Crucial SHIB Warning Goes Out: Fake Airdrop Scams Targeting Community, Here's Reason

The Shiba Inu team has delivered a crucial warning to its community, highlighting the presence of fake SHIB airdrop scams and the importance of safeguarding cryptocurrency assets. Shiba Inu Team Warns Community Against...

Altcoins a ‘Relatively Huge’ Risk as Big Returns Fade, Analysts Warn Investors

Analysts caution that altcoins now represent a relatively huge risk, with the days of massive returns fading. Markus Thielen of 10xResearch suggests the high-reward era is over as crypto market narratives...