Tag: growing
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‘Growing evidence’ the RBA needs to raise rates: Ross Greenwood
[ad_1] Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says there is “growing evidence” the Reserve Bank needs to raise interest rates to ensure inflation returns to the “target band” of two to three per cent by 2025. Inflation rose 1.2 per cent in the September quarter which was higher than was forecast, increasing the risk of…
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Nikki Haley Vows to Limit Free Speech to Combat Growing Anti-Israel Sentiment
[ad_1] The war in Israel has stirred up plenty of debate, from how much the United States should get involved, to the threat posed against American Jews and the American homeland in general, and whether a two-state solution was ever and will ever be a viable option in the region. Like many international issues of…
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Federal Reserve warns of growing geopolitical risks to global financial system
[ad_1] Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Escalating geopolitical tensions pose a threat to the global financial system amid heightened risks of higher inflation and slower growth, the Federal Reserve warned on Friday. In its latest twice yearly Financial Stability Report,…
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Private health-care a growing concern in Canada
[ad_1] There were more than 41,955 job postings across Canada for nurses in the first quarter of 2023, missing manpower that is affecting hospital staffing, closing rural ERs and fuelling the expansion of companies that supply temporary nurses. The trend is triggering worry that it is slowly privatizing the backbone of health services — nursing care…
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Douyin upgrades one-hour delivery service entrance amid growing focus on local life sector · TechNode
[ad_1] TikTok’s Chinese sibling, Douyin, has established an independent entrance for its one-hour delivery service within the “marketplace” channel on its homepage, according to local media outlet 36Kr. The short video platform is increasingly focusing on local life services to challenge industry giant Meituan. Sales generated from this channel contributed to over 30% of the…
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Growing Groundswell to Pardon Malaysia’s Najib
[ad_1] Najib and Rosmah in the bosom of righteousness There is an intense campaign emerging in Malaysia to free former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence for corruption in connection with the theft of US$10 million from a company connected to the ill-starred 1Malaysia Development Bhd, a government-backed investment fund…
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America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion
[ad_1] Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled. Nothing has…
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Growing wages may force Bank of Canada to raise interest rates again
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Economy Rising wages represent a complicating factor because central bankers believe they can be inflationary Published Oct 06, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 5 minute read Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem. Wage growth has been of concern to the central maker’s policymakers as they attempt to rein…
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Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
[ad_1] The U.S. government’s persistent budget deficit and growing debts were low on Wall Street’s list of worries when interest rates were at rock bottom for years. But borrowing costs have risen so sharply that it is causing many investors and economists to fret that the United States’ big debt pile could prove less sustainable.…
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Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
[ad_1] Along hundreds of miles of Lake Victoria’s shoreline in Kenya, a squadron of young scientists and an army of volunteers are waging an all-out war on a creature that threatens the health of more people than any other on earth: the mosquito. They are testing new insecticides and ingenious new ways to deliver them.…
