The Fed operates with what is known as instrument independence, which means that it can raise or lower interest rates or buy ...

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It seems Hollywood’s screenwriters are “doomers” when it comes to artificial intelligence, believing it poses an existential ...

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President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now working its way through Congress, permanently extends tax cuts ...

Brazil’s friendliness with Iran is set to continue on July 6th and 7th when the BRICS, a group of 11 emerging-market ...

As she turns 80, Myanmar’s jailed leader still has much support ...

The construction industry is plagued by low productivity, in part because not enough people are willing to work in it. A startup in the Netherlands is trying to fill that gap. Monumental has a team of ...

The good news is that it is never too late to start learning a new language, if you want your brain to benefit. A study from ...