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© Shutterstock The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has maintained its policy interest rate range at 5.25%-5.50% for the second time during its November meeting, according to recent reports. This decision, driven by persistent inflation concerns, comes despite a robust Q3 economic growth and significant job gains. The Fed’s benchmark rate remains at a 22-year high following a series of rate hikes initiated from March 2022 to combat inflation. Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, noted the time lag in realizing the effects of monetary tightening and refrained from discussing prospective rate hikes. Despite these inflation issues, the U.S. economy demonstrated resilience with…
© Reuters. Seven Indian banks, including Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BOB), Bank of India (BOI), Karnataka Bank, South Indian Bank, IDFC Bank, and Jana Small Finance Bank have updated their fixed deposit rates for senior and super senior citizens during the week ending today. PNB now offers a top rate of 8.05% for super seniors on a tenure of 444 days. This followed an increase in interest rates by up to 50 basis points on fixed deposits under Rs 2 Cr, effective November 1, 2023. The bank now provides a return of 7.25% for the general public…
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At a casino bingo hall in southwestern Colorado, Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman, bounced her 6-month-old grandson on her knee.“The election’s still a ways away,” she said, as the guests arriving for the Montezuma County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day dinner trickled into the room. “And in talking with people at events like this, you know, it seems like there’s a lot of mercy and a lot of grace.”The month before, Ms. Boebert, then in the midst of finalizing a divorce, was caught on a security camera vaping and groping her date shortly before being ejected from a performance of…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is a former global head of asset allocation at a fund manager“After costs, the return on the average actively managed dollar will be less than the return on the average passively managed dollar.” This was William Sharpe, the Nobel-winning economist, back in 1991 when index-investing was a decidedly niche pursuit. “The proof”, he added with a flourish, “is embarrassingly simple.”What Sharpe termed “the arithmetic of active management” has become accepted truth among the financial cognoscenti. The trouble is, it’s been…
© Reuters. Zurich Insurance Group (OTC:) has disclosed on the Stock Exchange its acquisition of a controlling 51% stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance for ₹4,051 crore ($488 million). The deal, which marks Zurich’s entry into India’s general insurance sector, is currently the largest foreign investment in India’s non-life insurance sector. The transaction was represented by a team from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas for Zurich, while AZB & Partners acted for Kotak Insurance. The acquisition forms a strategic alliance with Kotak Mahindra Bank and is contingent on regulatory approvals. Zurich plans to finance the acquisition through fresh capital infusion and share…
Concerns about a partial government shutdown are growing more realistic as Congress finishes another week just as far apart on federal spending as they were at the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.Lawmakers narrowly avoided shutting down the government on Sept. 30 when the House and Senate both rushed to pass a temporary extension of the previous year’s funding priorities, known as a continuing resolution (CR). That measure expires Nov. 17.Each chamber of Congress took steps to advance government funding in its own way. The House passed two more appropriations bills for a total of seven out of…
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 30: U.S. President Joe Biden signs a new executive order guiding his … [+] administration’s approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden issued a new executive order on Monday, directing his administration to create a new chief AI officer, track companies developing the most powerful AI systems, adopt stronger privacy policies and “both deploy AI and guard against its possible bias,” creating new safety guidelines and industry standards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty Images As the global race to…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The office is dead, long live the office. That, at least, is the message from the City of London. It says it will welcome 11 new towers by 2030. With 500,000 square metres of office space being built, and a further 500,000 in the development pipeline, space in the Square Mile may increase by up to a tenth. On the face of it, such lofty constructions look misguided. Companies have struggled to get employees back into the office following the pandemic, and it…