No rate cuts for foreseeable future, says Bank

Michael Race Business reporter 1 hour ago The governor of the Bank of England has warned again that interest rates will not be cut in the “foreseeable future”, saying it is “too soon to have that discussion”. Andrew Bailey said getting inflation, which is the rate consumer prices rise at, down to the Bank’s 2%…

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Disaster Exposure

Poems / November 27, 2023 Disaster Exposure Daniel Borzutzky Ad Policy You ask him if his hedge fund has sufficient exposure to disaster and he whispers I could really use a hurricane to deliversuperior fund performance What do you see that other people cannot see? Everything in this poem is on the surface there is…

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The Radical Art of the Depression Years

Books & the Arts / November 27, 2023 Hard Times The radical art of the Depression years. The Radical Art of the Depression Years By working within the constraints of the WPA, artists like Philip Guston discovered new modes of representation and irony. Rachel Hunter Himes Ad Policy Untitled (Strike), Dox Thrash, c. 1940. This…

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The Right to Speak for Ourselves

Feature / November 27, 2023 The Right to Speak for Ourselves For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story. Mohammed El-Kurd (Ryan Brand) This article has been adapted from the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at Princeton University which was presented by Mohammed El-Kurd in February 2023. Today, I’m…

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