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GBP/USD trades near 1.2570 as volume remains low during the holiday week. The US Dollar Index DXY stays stable around 108.15, showing little movement. Fed's gradual interest rate cuts expectations...

The US Dollar trades sideways and remains unphased by headlines out of China about ramping up bond sales next year.  Chinese policymakers plan to sell a record 3 trillion yuan of...

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EUR/USD is stuck in a tight range around 1.0400 amid thin trading volumes in a holiday-truncated week. ECB Lagarde said she is confident about inflation sustainably returning to the bank’s...

By Bagehot“WE ARE all entitled.” That was the message delivered, with quivering passion, by a woman attending a “People's Policy Forum” hosted by the Labour Party in Nottingham today. In...

Mar 24th 2011By BagehotMY PRINT column this week examines the impact of the Libyan crisis on British politics:Reuse this contentRead More

Mar 24th 2011By BagehotIN MY grumpiest political moments, I have sometimes wondered if, deep down, those on the British left who oppose public spending cuts believe that the government has...

Mar 24th 2011By BagehotA BET on growth, concluded British newspapers this morning, as they reviewed the annual budget delivered by George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer. That is a...

Mar 18th 2011By BagehotRETURNING to the office after lunch, I passed stacks of the London Evening Standard, fresh from the printing presses. "Cameron Sends in Warplanes" shouted their front pages...

SINGAPORE - The first signs surfaced in February 2024, but 24-year-old Chee Ming Heng, who was healthy and fit, quickly dismissed them. On his first day of work experience on...