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When the Federal Reserve starts to raise US interest rates later this year, there will be a major shift in the global monetary regime. Although San Francisco Fed President John Williams has tried to deny that this will represent a tightening in monetary conditions in America, his claim strains credulity … Read entire story.
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised with China’s Premier Li Qiang an incident at parliament house where Chinese officials tried to obstruct a journalist previously jailed in Beijing, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday. Li’s visit to Australia from June 15-18 was the first by a Chinese […]
A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed, police say, after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a woman in its jaws. A witness told local media he saw the alligator in a Largo canal clutching a lower torso in its mouth. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said the animal was killed and confirmed […]
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: From the archives Rubric: Why mortgage subsidies are a bad idea IN THIS week’s print edition, we explore how mortgage subsidies have encouraged banks to lend more to homeowners and less to firms, with pernicious economic consequences. The Economist has long been a …