The writer is chief economist of G+ Economics Central banks have made heroic efforts to achieve a rhetoric of normality in bringing rates up from emergency lows. But this comes in a world still gripped by the Covid pandemic, while coping with a war in Europe and dislocated commodity markets. This is a Herculean task, beyond
The decarbonisation of the global economy is at risk unless greater amounts of capital are directed towards the mining industry, the UK’s biggest fund manager has warned. At current levels of investment Legal & General Investment Management reckons the world will not be able to achieve the “huge increase” in supply of industrial metals needed
People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hey Mr. Retail Trader: do you like to
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 14, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Pool | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about
Traders on the NYSE Feb. 28, 2022. Source: NYSE Select Chinese stocks have declined sharply on Thursday. China watchers believe this is likely because the Securities and Exchange Commission has identified five U.S.-listed American depositary receipts of Chinese companies (Yum China, BeiGene, Zai Lab, ACM Research and HUTCHMED) for failing to adhere to the Holding
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 2, 2022. Source: NYSE The Securities and Exchange Commission is voting on Wednesday to propose new cybersecurity rules for public companies. There are two components to the proposal: Mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting: “Material” incidents would have to be reported on an 8-K form within four business days
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images If you want to see how tough it is to be Federal Reserve Chair