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...Last week Bayo Onanuga, a special adviser to Tinubu, said Binance was “blatantly” setting the exchange rate for Nigeria and hijacking the central bank’s role as the currency rate setter....
...special adviser to President Tinubu, accused Binance on social media website X of “blatantly” setting the exchange rate for Nigeria and hijacking the Central Bank of Nigeria’s role as the main currency rate setter...
...At the ECB’s annual conference in Sintra, Portugal, last month one rate-setter told the FT it could soon discuss the possibility of actively selling some bonds before they mature....
...The problem with climate stress tests is the range of scenarios is infinite and the timelines stretch out for decades, so the outcomes depend entirely on where in the air the scenario-setters choose to stick...
...Scott Devitt, analyst at Stifel, said that with signs of stabilisation in the subscriber base emerging, “we believe the prospect of a prolonged period of subscriber losses is becoming increasingly unlikely...
...Would he risk making another pledge card for himself in the new year scene-setter we’re all expecting? Stephen BushNo....
...Scott O’Malia, chief executive of Isda, said the standards and definitions for digital derivatives would align with the underlying, or spot, market....
...Global bank stocks are on track to record their best year since the wake of the financial crisis, benefiting from expectations of higher borrowing costs as rate-setters battle widespread inflation....
...Scott is many things, among them a sometimes peerless grand-design film-maker. A comedian he is not, writes FT film critic Danny Leigh....
...Scott Morrison, prime minister of Australia, has apologised for his government’s bungling of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout....
...Molly Scott Cato, a professor of green economics at the University of Roehampton and a former Green party MEP, says the significance of the SFDR cannot be overstated....
...There are strong indications that the world of ESG standard setters is coalescing. Even if things stay as they are, technology companies are stepping into the picture....
...For example, three proposals that passed this year have asked for reporting in line with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a standards-setter....
...Fed rate setters are due to meet next on March 17-18. The 10-year US Treasury yield touched a record intraday low of 1.2474 per cent as a rush into haven assets accelerated....
...In Mr Prince’s view, rate-setters at the US Federal Reserve are stuck in a box where they cannot move either to tighten or ease policy....
...Basel standards-setters also created another threshold, for September 2020, relating to institutions with derivatives worth €50bn....
...Dodging a question about climate change, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: “My only thoughts today are with those who have lost their lives and their families.”...
...Gated communities are inevitably popular with the jet-setters as high crime rates are a major problem in Jamaica: there were 38 murders in the first six days of 2018, up on 23 in the same period in 2017....
...Scott Anderson of Bank of the West said: “The Fed has done a good job managing expectations as short-term rates have risen above 1 per cent....
...Andrew Sentance, a former BoE rate-setter now at PwC, highlights some bright spots in manufacturing and financial services “which saw quite healthy growth in economic activity in the first quarter”: But...
...Scott Bowman at Capital Economics agrees: “There is still a large proportion of part-time workers who would like full-time jobs for example”....
...Senator Elizabeth Warren this week wrote to standard setters at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to raise concerns about KPMG’s role as the bank’s auditor....
...“We have opened the door” to a faster tightening cycle, says Scott Minerd, chief investment officer of Guggenheim Investments....
...The BoE’s rate setters are due to make their latest monthly decision on Thursday but are widely expected to hold steady on further monetary stimulus following a three-pronged assault on growth and inflation...
...Weaker inflation should mean better real wage growth, a key metric for Bank of England rate setters....
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