INT

  • Apr 5, 2023
  • 2 min read

Steadily slowing US job market will help the Fed

Job vacancies fell below 10 million for the first time since 2021 but openings per unemployed person remains high

United States
  • Apr 3, 2023
  • 12 min read

Generative AI carries serious online risks

The popularity of ChatGPT worldwide has created much hype about the potential of AI to be used for good and harm

International
  • Apr 3, 2023
  • 2 min read

Domestic budget fears drive OPEC+ to cut oil output

OPEC+ decided to cut crude oil output from May until December; Russia will extend its cuts to end-2023

International
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 7 min read

‘Tipping points’ can speed up net-zero transition

A new report shows a positive 'tipping point' could help to 'green' sectors emitting 70% of the world’s GHG emissions.

International
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 7 min read

Ambitious EU key materials act to ease supply strains

Europe’s Critical Raw Materials Act aims to bolster regional supplies and supply chains for critical minerals

International
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

Food and services price moves are key to ECB policy

Consumer inflation slowed to 6.9% in March as energy prices fell year-on-year for the first time in this cycle

EU
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

China’s services PMI will settle but industry may slow

The official non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to a twelve-year high as the sector rebounded

China
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

UK housing downturn will be modest but prolonged

UK house prices fell by 3.1% year-on-year this month, the most since 2009

United Kingdom