March 19, 2024
Economy

Rachel Reeves: New chapter ahead, shadow chancellor promises business

By Faisal Islam Economics editor 31 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Labour will seek to bring about a “new chapter in Britain’s economic history”, the shadow chancellor will vow in a speech to business and finance leaders. Rachel Reeves will promise to reform the Treasury as part of a possible Labour government’s economic policy.

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Economy

Labour to put crack squad of economy experts in Whitehall if they win election

A SQUAD of economic experts will be put at the heart of Whitehall if Labour seizes power — to get Britain booming. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is plotting to beef up a Treasury unit set up by the last Labour government. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to beef up the Enterprise and Growth Unit if

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Economy

Opinion | Why Are Americans Still Down on the Economy?

Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Honestly, I didn’t think Republicans were going to try replaying Ronald Reagan’s famous line, since so much of the G.O.P.’s 2024 strategy depends on a sort of collective amnesia about the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency. Is it really a good idea to

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Economy

A Statement on In-game Economy Exploitation — Diablo Immortal — Blizzard News

Dear Adventurers, The Diablo Immortal team takes a firm stance against exploitation and intentional disruption of the game’s economy and systems. Today we have taken a fresh wave of action against accounts found to be engaging in this behavior. This is a reminder and warning that if we find any account engaged in the following—or

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Economy

The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy

Enlarge / Permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles are an area of interest for the resources they might harbor. For the first time ever, the United States is getting serious about fostering an economy on the Moon. NASA, of course, is in the midst of developing the Artemis program to return humans to the

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Economy

China’s property crisis deepens as housing sales plummet

China’s property crisis deepened last month as housing sales plunged and builders cut back on new developments. Challenges across the country’s real estate sector were laid bare in new figures for February that revealed properties sold fell by more than a fifth year-on-year. This led to a 9pc drop-off in overall investment across the real

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Economy

What do the recent macro numbers tell us?

The National Statistical Office (NSO) of India released three significant estimates by the end of February 2024 – a) the second advance estimates of the current fiscal year, i.e., 2023-24; b) the quarterly estimates of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter of that same fiscal; and c) the first revised estimates of

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Economy

Alibaba, JD.Com, Other China Stocks Rise on Economic Data

The Chinese economy is showing signs of life. China’s industrial output grew 7% year over year in the January-February period, according to official data released Monday. That’s the fastest growth in two years and ahead of economists’ estimates of a 5% rise. Fixed-asset investment jumped 4.2% in the first two months of the year, also

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Economy

Cubans stage rare protests amid persisting economic crisis | Business and Economy News

President points finger at US after hundreds of people demonstrate against food shortages and blackouts. Rare protests have taken place in Cuba as the island nation’s economic crisis persists. President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on Monday for calm, and hit out at the United States after hundreds of people gathered in Santiago the previous day to

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Economy

Biggest U.S. Companies Are Supercharging Economic Inequality

Across the largest 200 publicly traded companies in the U.S, some 90% of profit generated—equivalent … [+] to about $1.1 trillion—is paid to shareholders. Getty Images The largest publicly traded corporations in the United States are dramatically exacerbating economic inequality by channeling a huge proportion of profit into wealthy shareholders’ coffers and offering executives salaries

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