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Central bankers have lost the plot on messaging

It’s a big week for central bank meetings, with the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday, the Bank of England Thursday and the Bank of Japan wrapping it up on Friday. My plea is that they keep it simple. Central bank messaging really doesn’t have to be as difficult as it has become lately — with a plethora of jargon-infected initiatives ...

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The UK wasted a chance to make women feel safe

Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing and London’s first proper police force, said that policing succeeds when it prevents crime while gaining the public’s trust and partnership. Last week, the Met Police, as London’s force is known, failed on both counts. As perhaps the world knows by now, Sarah Everard was abducted and killed in south London despite ...

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US airlines rally as bookings offer solid signs of recovery

Bloomberg US airlines rallied as improved summer leisure bookings and rising fares offered strong signs of a recovery a year after Americans began staying close to home. Sales over the past three weeks have been the best since the coronavirus pandemic began, American Airlines Group Inc. said, while United Airlines Holdings Inc. said high demand for spring and summer travel ...

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