A worker rakes wheat in a granary on a farm near Kyiv in August 2023, a month after Russia pulled out of a deal aimed at protecting ships carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
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The Ukraine war’s impact on food insecurity is critical, but there is more to the picture. The main problem is that capitalism allows food and other basic needs to become precarious commodities.
History shows how conflicts can create uncertainty that can rattle financial markets. This could feed into consumer price inflation, keeping it higher for longer.
The SEC is investigating whether executives at First Republic Bank, which was seized by regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase, improperly traded on inside information.
The hard hats likely came in handy recently for Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng.
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Liz Truss took over as prime minister with an ambitious plan to cut taxes by the most since 1972 – investors balked after it wasn’t clear how she would pay for it
UK prime minister Liz Truss and chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng on a factory visit after announcing the mini-budget.
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On September 16 1992 the state fought the markets, and the markets won.
A Russian foreign debt will have limited implications for global financial markets but will affect Russia’s credit risk profile.
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The regulatory apparatus designed to oversee investment banking is structurally flawed. To spawn ethical behaviour within traders will require nothing less than a sector-wide cultural change.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is pushing for a ban on active trading by members of Congress following accusations that some of their colleagues may have engaged in insider trading.
AI is all about analysing huge amounts of data so why isn’t it used more in trading?
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A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
Bitcoins may finally be good for more than just speculation and making buttons.
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Decentralized finance makes it easier for virtually anyone to take advantage of financial markets without the need for a bank, but there are new risks as well.
Financial bubbles are frequently depicted as manias.
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Until the late 1800s, moments of widespread high-risk financial gambling weren’t considered manias but the results of individual actors, who bore responsibility for the disastrous results.
Some economists are worried about a growing army of ‘zombie companies’.
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A transcript of episode 10 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on a new technique to prevent predators eating the eggs of endangered birds.