Central banks need escape route from cycle of boom and bust

We should debate excessive policy easing and the neglect of credit and debt developments

World - Financial Times - 4 hours ago

Booms and Busts: Browns, Bucs and Dolphins go from potential fantasy football afterthoughts to bringers of hope

Scott Pianowski breaks down Sunday's fantasy highs and lows, including Jameis Winston breathing new life into the Browns.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

European Central Bank policymakers split on the need for jumbo rate cuts as growth concerns take over

Policymakers at the European Central Bank are split on the need to consider a jumbo half-point interest rate cut in December.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Booms and Busts: Fantasy football's biggest surprise in Week 6 could end up being a one-hit wonder

Scott Pianowski takes a closer look at Sean Tucker's shocking game, which nearly no fantasy managers benefited from, and more from Week 6.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 13

Fantasy Football Booms and Busts: Saquon Barkley gets revenge as Eagles eventually deliver in Week 7

Scott Pianowski breaks down Sunday's fantasy highs and lows, including Saquon Barkley running wild against his former team.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

Colts' Anthony Richardson has been most boom-or-bust quarterback since merger; will he turn it around?

Richardson was benched for Joe Flacco on Tuesday amid his early-season struggles

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez could be offered Anfield escape route by Euro giants

The Uruguayan international is unhappy at Anfield under new manager Arne Slot after the Dutch manager has favoured Diogo Jota as his front man.Nunez has only started one Premier League match all ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

South Africa’s first Black central bank governor dies aged 65

Tito Mboweni served as labour minister in Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet

Business - Financial Times - October 13

Here are the three things to watch when the European Central Bank meets

Will the ECB commit to more rate cuts with inflation below its 2% target

Business - MarketWatch - October 15

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is not expecting the bloc to fall into recession as it cut borrowing costs once again after ...

World - ABC News - October 17

Chinese equities jump as central bank rolls out support for the stock market

Chinese stocks rallied Friday for the first time in four days as the central bank rolled out promised support for the stock market.

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Russia's central bank raises key rate to 21% to rein in higher-than-forecast inflation

Russia's central bank on Friday raised its key interest rate by 200 basis points to 21%, citing higher-than-forecast consumer price increases.

Business - CNBC - October 25

Switzerland is now flirting with deflation, causing a dilemma for its central bank

Switzerland could be at risk of slipping into deflationary territory next year as a stronger Swiss franc dogs policymakers' efforts to get a handle on prices.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Lebanon's detained former central bank governor faces new corruption charge

A Lebanese judge has charged the country’s detained former central bank governor with illicit enrichment and issued an arrest warrant

World - ABC News - 23 hours ago

Endangered parrots Lily and Margot escape from London Zoo

Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot took flight on Monday and have not been seen since.

Hong Kong’s IPO market could benefit from robo-vehicle boom

If Horizon reaches its $696mn target, it would be the city’s largest initial public offering this year

World - Financial Times - October 16

Hollywood Bowl under pressure from boom in darts and mini-golf bars

Bowling alley group posts record revenue and lifts outlook despite UK slowdown due to growth of leisure activity venues

World - Financial Times - October 21

Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery

The Associated Press has learned that two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect krill for fishmeal and human dietary supplements near ...

Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago

European Central Bank set for third interest rate cut of the year in meeting this week

Markets are eyeing two more rate cuts from the euro area's central bank this year amid a weak growth outlook and lower inflation.

Business - CNBC - October 14

ECB cuts interest rates to support flagging eurozone economy

Fall in inflation enables central bank to bring in quarter point cut to 3.25% after business and consumer slowdown. Business live – latest updates The European Central Bank has intervened to ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

European Central Bank cuts its main interest rate by a quarter-point to 3.25% as inflation falls below its target

World - ABC News - October 17

Inflation undershoots to jumbo cuts: What 10 European Central Bank members said this week

A slew of Governing Council members spoke to CNBC at the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this week.

Business - CNBC - October 25

Russia's central bank raises interest rate to 21% to fight inflation boosted by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation

World - ABC News - October 25

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending

World - ABC News - October 25

Bangladesh central banker accuses tycoons of ‘robbing banks’ of $17bn with spy agency help

Conglomerate rejects claim it co-operated to siphon money out of the country during rule of ousted Sheikh Hasina

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Japan's central bank to remain undeterred on rate hikes despite LDP's electoral shock, analysts say

Roughly 86% of economists polled by Reuters expect the central bank to leave its rates unchanged when it announces its decision Thursday.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Pandas from China en route to Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo

A pair of giant pandas is set to arrive at the National Zoo on Tuesday less than a year after the Washington zoo sent Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji back to China.

Fantasy Basketball Rankings 2024-25: Optimal sleepers, breakouts and busts from proven NBA simulation

SportsLine simulated the 2024-25 NBA season 10,000 times and identified Fantasy basketball sleepers, breakouts and busts

Sports - CBS Sports - October 22

We're hiking our price target on an industrial whose earnings benefit from AI data center boom

Given Eaton stock's year-to-date outperformance, it's not too surprising to see some profit taking on the mixed print.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Asia needs to spend much more to adapt to climate change and limit its damage, bank study says

A study by the Asian Development Bank shows that countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and they are not spending enough to limit the damage and adapt ...

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Where do the Guardians go from here? AL Central remains Cleveland's for the taking in 2025 after ALCS exit

The Guardians seem well set up for next year, though they'll need to figure out their rotation this offseason

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

Death toll from Israeli strikes on central Gaza on Thursday rises to 25, Palestinian hospital officials say

World - ABC News - 13 hours ago

Doubs catches 2 TD passes in his return from a suspension to help Packers rout Cardinals 34-13

Romeo Doubs returned from a one-game suspension and caught two of Jordan Love’s four touchdown passes in the Green Bay Packers’ 34-13 victory over the mistake-prone Arizona Cardinals

Sports - ABC News - October 13

Trump takes lead over Harris on US economy in final FT poll

FT-Michigan Ross survey shows most Americans think they will be better off if Republican wins

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Tennis Needs Video Review, but the Sports Must Learn From Soccer’s Failures

The video review system in use continues to fall into traps that have encircled soccer, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - October 23

The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the UN’s Cop16 summit in Colombia have yet to break the deadlock over who pays and how much. Experts agree that the world needs $700bn (£539bn) a ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

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