Invesing.com — Crude oil prices had a rocky ride this year as concerns about oversupply and timid demand remained front and center, with boosts from geopolitical tensions proving fleeting, but UBS believes next year could…
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Donald Trump’s victory in November’s US presidential election saw the US dollar strengthen. It surged to a one-year high within two weeks, and has since retained its strength against its major peers. His election has…
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Most of us have heard the phrase “correlation does not equal causation”. But understanding how scientists move beyond identifying correlations to establish causation remains a mystery to many. Finding out what causes a particular outcome…
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South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has dismissed James Alic Garang as governor of the central bank and appointed his immediate predecessor, Johnny Ohisa Damian, to take over. The decision, which was announced last night (December…
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By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Wednesday, with market participants expecting demand to rise in China, the world’s largest crude importer, after Beijing announced it would relax monetary policy to try to…
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Reprinted by permission from VoxDev The spread of conditional cash transfer programmes in low- and middle-income countries has been described as perhaps the most remarkable innovation of recent decades in welfare programmes. These programmes provide…
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Signed exactly 76 years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the world’s most translated document. It is widely acknowledged as the foundation of international human rights work, not just in legal settings…
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By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Tuesday to limit the extent to which federal agencies must review the environmental impact of projects they regulate in a dispute…
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The world of professional sports is flush with cash, thanks to multibillion-dollar TV deals, sponsorships and ticket sales. Yet some of the biggest investments in major franchises come from taxpayers. Between 1970 and 2020, state…
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A survey by economists from the World Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) finds central banks to be split over the merits of introducing fast payment systems (FPSs) and retail central bank digital…
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