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NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world’s wildest action in financial markets is roiling around the Japanese yen. The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for …
Japan’s currency falls to its weakest since 1990 against the dollar as the yen keeps yelping Read More
(Thursday 11th April) A major investigation into the world’s 65 largest insurance companies from the responsible investment charity ShareAction, released today, shows that both people and planet face the triple whammy …
Insurance’s triple whammy threatens the survival of people and planet Read More
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on China on Friday to address manufacturing overcapacity that she said risks causing global economic dislocation, and to create a …
Yellen calls for level playing field for US workers and firms during China visit Read More
Alex Kozul-Wright reviews The Value of a Whale by Adrienne Buller, Manchester Press (2022) and The Finance Curse by Nicholas Shaxson, Penguin Random House (2018). Though distinct in their focus, …
Sharks are eating the whales Read More
Dirk Ehnts suggests that Liz Truss’s downfall may have not been because she was wrong. Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said in 2021 that delaying tackling climate breakdown would be at …
Was Truss on the money? Read More
Frederic Hache questions proposals that perpetual growth can be made sustainable by planting trees. In an article published by Le Monde in December, 2023, the President of the French Republic, …
Can finance save polar bears? Read More
China’s leaders are wrapping up a weeklong key conclave at which they admitted more was needed to revive a sluggish economy battered by an ailing housing market, poor domestic demand and record-high …
China wraps up national congress with eye on sagging economy Read More
A generation ago, the EU made a big bet: It could climate-proof Europe by making companies pay for carbon pollution. There was just one problem. That bet hinged on carbon …
The EU’s climate piggy bank is under pressure Read More
When Almudena Fernández saw the final result of the numbers she had been calculating, her jaw dropped. The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations …
Poor nutrition and fewer savings: The price Latin America and the Caribbean are paying as the world’s most volatile region Read More
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 27. Ecowas, which was formed in 1975, is a regional political and …
Ecowas: west African trade bloc shaken as three member states withdraw and form their own alliance Read More