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16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (658+ words) The Monetary Authority of Singapore has not adjusted its monetary policy since April 2025, when it eased in response to the brewing trade war between the US and China. According to a Bloomberg survey published on Friday, 15 of 18 economists expect the…...

50+ min ago  (1228+ words) "Do you even know what Basmati is?" It was 1968 and this was precisely the question Vijaypal Singh, a young student at New Delhi's Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), commonly known as Pusa, was asked by his farmer fufa ji (uncle)…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1356+ words) The price of gas could eventually sour what people pay for Joshua Weinerth's honey. The 23-year-old beekeeper stood at a Ventura gas station filling up a pickup truck and working on math. As of April 6, it cost him more than…...

42+ min ago  (633+ words) Sweden's government plans to cut fuel taxes and increase electricity subsidies in its spring mini-budget to alleviate high energy costs caused by the war in Iran. The initiative comes before a parliamentary election and involves significant spending. Sweden's economy remains…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (623+ words) Japan's Central Bank Governor, Kazuo Ueda, highlights potential impacts of escalating Middle East tensions on global financial stability and Japan's economy. The conflict might lead to rising crude oil prices, affecting factory output and inflation. The bank will closely monitor…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (256+ words) Federal Reserve officials expect the Iran War will worsen inflation this year while having little impact on growth, but they still expect to cut their key rate once in 2026. For now, Fed policymakers. .. Federal Reserve officials expect the Iran War…...

53+ min ago  (330+ words) India's government bonds took a beating on Monday after "U. S. -Iran peace talks over the weekend failed to yield a "deal to end the war, driving oil prices "higher and triggering a risk-off move "across assets in the world's third-largest crude…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (358+ words) Under this thematic area, the Vienna Development and Knowledge Center supports institutional strengthening by facilitating knowledge exchange on national and regional competition policy, market regulation, investment ecosystems, and public sector governance. Strong and well functioning market institutions are fundamental to…...

6+ day, 49+ min ago  (336+ words) (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines" inflation spiked in March to the highest in nearly two years as the Iran war choked energy supply and pushed up fuel prices. Consumer prices rose 4. 1% last month from a year ago, the Philippine Statistics Authority said…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (734+ words) Philippine headline inflation surged to 4. 1 percent in March 2026 from 2. 4 percent in February as transport and food costs jumped on the back of higher fuel prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Tuesday. The latest figure brought the average inflation rate in…...