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US central bank needs ‘greater confidence’ before cutting interest rates, chair says
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Former president revives his criticism of the central bank leader
...In the lead-up to the 1992 US presidential race between Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, strategist James Carville famously quipped “It’s the economy, stupid.”...
...The FT’s Rana Foroohar and James Politi join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why. Mentioned in this podcast: What if it’s not the economy, stupid?...
...Finally a quick mention for Hannah Kaner’s Sunbringer (Harper Voyager £16.99)....
...The fertility rate, the number of children per woman of childbearing age, means that without immigration the UK’s population would drop by about 25-30 per cent over a generation, said James Pomeroy, economist...
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...James Grzinic, an analyst at Jefferies, said the results “confirm just how much stronger than the rest of its peer group” Inditex has become....
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...In these areas they’ll pay from £150,000 for a two-bedroom flat, or £220,000 for a three-bedroom Victorian terrace, according to Russell Hill, board of management partner at William H Brown estate agency...
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...When it opened its doors in 1930, opposite the New York Stock Exchange, it was briefly the world’s tallest building, thanks to a distinctive rooftop lantern designed by architect H Craig Severance that brought...
...Ascension by Nicholas Binge (Harper Voyager/Riverhead) Part techno-thriller, part examination of faith and determinism, Ascension follows a group of scientists as they explore an enormous mountain that...
...Also, Resolution Foundation labour market outlook Results: Carnival Q1, H&M Q1, James Halstead HY, Playtech FY, S4 Capital FY, Vanquis Banking Group FY Thursday Sentencing of former chief executive of...
...destroyed a lot of jobs (Sam Ro $) — Data poisoning tool “Nightshade” fights generative AI (MIT Technology Review) — It’s crazy how much Transport for London can learn about us from our mobile data (James...
...H&M’s chief executive Helena Helmersson has quit after just over four years in the top job as the Swedish fast-fashion group struggles to improve profitability....
...Yellowstone Club The private equity firm behind a Montana resort beloved by billionaires is starting to wield its influence beyond the club’s gates, Harper’s Magazine investigates....
...Slim began its 384,000km journey to the Moon after launching in September aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket, entering lunar orbit on December 25....
...Which Stravinsky opera of 1951 has a libretto co-written by W H Auden? Which browser was launched by Microsoft in 2015 as part of Windows 10?...
...Additional reporting by Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv and James Shotter in Jerusalem...
...That has certainly been the case for retailing behemoth H&M, which discloses third-quarter figures on Wednesday....
...Prophet is certainly a gear change for Macdonald, renowned for her bestselling 2014 grief memoir H is for Hawk....
...Transport secretary Mark Harper said the government had full confidence in the BoE and its governor Andrew Bailey....
...On her first weekend in the city, she was cast as a model by photographer Ethan James Green. In February 2017, she made her catwalk debut for Marc Jacobs....
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