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AI poised to impact high-skill US jobs including finance, tech

Bloomberg Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labour market like never before. White-collar jobs and better-educated occupations along with production workers are among the most susceptible to AI’s spread into the economy, according to a Brookings Institution report that draws on a new analysis of patent data by a ...

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ECB warns of risks to financial stability from its own stimulus

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB)warned of potential side effects from its loose monetary policy, highlighting how years of unprecedented stimulus designed to bolster the economy is contributing to an erosion of financial stability. Low interest rates have encouraged excessive risk-taking by investment funds and insurers as well as in some real estate markets, the ECB said in its semi-annual ...

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RBI unearths $450m bad loans at Yes Bank

Bloomberg India’s central bank has unearthed more than $450 million in extra bad loans at Yes Bank Ltd, the lender that is contending with a shadow-banking crisis and concerns over soured debt and capital. Gross non-performing assets assessed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) were 32.77 billion rupees ($457 million) higher than Yes Bank had disclosed as of March ...

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HSBC to replace investment bank chief in latest overhaul

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc is set to replace its investment banking chief as part of an overhaul by interim Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn, according to people familiar with matter. Samir Assaf, head of global banking and markets, will be moved to a non-executive role at the bank, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing ...

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Zambia increases interest rate again

Bloomberg Zambia’s central bank raised its key interest rate for a second time this year, bucking a global easing trend, in a bid to support its currency and tame inflation. The Bank of Zambia increased the rate to 11.5% from 10.25%, Governor Denny Kalyalya told reporters in Lusaka, the capital. That’s the highest level since May 2017. The central bank ...

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Ex-JPMorgan banker’s currency-rigging case to go to jury

Bloomberg A federal jury in New York is set to start mulling the fate of former JPMorgan Chase & Co banker Akshay Aiyer, who is accused of conspiring with traders at other banks to eliminate competition by manipulating currency markets and boost their own profits. Over more than two weeks, prosecutors presented evidence highlighted by testimony from former Citigroup Inc ...

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Hungary keeps key rates unchanged

Bloomberg Hungary’s central bank left its monetary policy setup unchanged, ignoring a depreciation in the forint and a surge in core inflation in one of the European Union’s fastest-growing economies. The central bank, which has pledged to make substantial adjustments only on a quarterly basis, left the overnight deposit rate at -0.05%, matching economists’ predictions. It also left the parametres ...

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Encana investor blasts ‘discriminatory’ US plan

Bloomberg One of the largest Encana Corp shareholders says the oil and natural gas producer’s plan to move to the US is “highly discriminatory” against Canadian investors. Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc, which has a stake of about 4%, will vote against Encana’s plan to relocate to the US, the investor said in a statement. The Montreal-based firm says the ...

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California deepens fight against fossil fuel with new drilling ban

Bloomberg California intensified its battle against fossil fuels by seeking independent reviews of all pending hydraulic fracturing permits and halting approvals of a key production technique in an area that has pumped crude for more than a century. Governor Gavin Newsom ordered regulators to assess the safety of high-pressure steamflooding, a production process that has been linked to recent oil ...

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New Jersey doubles down on offshore wind power

Bloomberg New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is doubling his state’s offshore wind power goal as he competes with New York and elsewhere to jump start an industry expected to create thousands of jobs. New Jersey plans to install 7.5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035, up from a previous target of 3.5 gigawatts by 2030. It will be enough for ...

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