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In the era of hybrid work, with employees splitting their time between two days in the office and three days working remotely, employers have ramped up using productivity monitoring software. However, employees have outsmarted some of these surveillance programs with gadgets like mouse movers, otherwise known as 'mouse jigglers.' The popularity of mouse ...
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SpaceX boss Elon Musk is alleged to have had sex with a woman who was an intern at the rocket company, when she was still at university, before hiring her to a senior role years later and trying to embark on a relationship. The allegation is one of a number about Mr Musk’s advances towards and consensual sexual encounters with staff members which have been ...
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Now that the general theme of central banks has moved towards cutting, some have been able to do so sooner than others. Two of the majors, the Fed and the BOE, are seen as the most hesitant. Analysts suggest they might not get around to cutting until September. The main reason being cited for both is the labor market. For the Fed, it makes sense that the ...
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In the era of hybrid work, with employees splitting their time between two days in the office and three days working remotely, employers have ramped up using productivity monitoring software. However, employees have outsmarted some of these surveillance programs with gadgets like mouse movers, otherwise known as 'mouse jigglers.' The popularity of mouse ...
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call to remain at around 0 to 0.1 percent. Regarding the purchase of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), CP, and corporate bonds for the intermeeting period, the Bank will conduct the purchase in accordance with the decisions made at the March 2024 MPM. The Bank decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, that it would reduce its purchase amount of JGBs thereafter to ensure that long-term interest rates would be formed more freely in financial markets.Holding the "Bond Market Group" Meetings In accordance with the decision at the Monetary Policy Meeting today, the Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan will hold the "Bond Market Group" meetings in the following manner. 1. Date To be announced. 2. Form of the Meetings: The Bank will hold a meeting with commercial banks group, securities firms group and buy-side group, respectively. 3. Place: The Head Office of the Bank of Japan. 4. Participants: - Persons in charge of bond market issues in financial institutions including those who participate in the "Bond Market Survey". - Director-General of the Financial Markets Department, Head post: BOJ: WILL CONDUCT JGB PURCHASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DECISION MADE AT MARCH POLICY MEETING post: BOJ TO DECREASE GOVERNMENT BOND PURCHASES post: JAPAN'S ECONOMY SEES MODERATE RECOVERY WITH SOME WEAKNESS OBSERVED: BOJ
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The Bank of Japan is likely to keep interest rates ultra-low on Friday but consider whether to start reducing its huge balance sheet in a slow but steady retreat from its massive monetary stimulus. However, the normalisation of Japan's still-loose monetary policy is clouded by weak consumption and doubts over the BOJ's view that robust domestic demand will ...
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The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge is set for the smallest advance since November following two better-than-expected reports on prices out this week. Bureau of Labor ...
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The Bank of Japan is likely to keep interest rates ultra-low on Friday but consider whether to start reducing its huge balance sheet in a slow but steady retreat from its massive ...
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It has been a topsy-turvy 24 hours for financial markets. Treasury yields plunged in the wake of the soft CPI report, but retraced a little as markets digested the more ...
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The Producer Price Index for final demand declined 0.2 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices increased 0.5 ...
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post: YELLEN: STRONG US GROWTH IS LIFTING GLOBAL GROWTH YELLEN: THE LABOR MKT REMAINS STRONG YELLEN: US LABOR MKT PRESSURES HAVE EASED, WAGES RISING MORE SLOWLY
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The quotes of the USD/JPY currency pair continue to move as part of the development of a correction and a bullish channel. At the time of publication of the forecast, the US Dollar to Japanese Yen exchange rate is 157.23. Moving averages indicate a short-term bullish trend for the pair. Prices have broken through the area between the signal lines upward, ...
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The Canadian Dollar (CAD) pared back recent gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, shedding a quarter of a percent against the USD as market flows pull back to safety and bolster the Greenback. US economic data broadly printed worse than expected on Thursday, driving investors back into safe havens. Canada brings strictly low-tier economic calendar ...
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FNG has learned that Swiss online neobank / neobroker FlowBank is no longer processing any new client applications, and has halted client onboarding, after Swiss financial regulator FINMA’s decision to begin bankruptcy proceedings against FlowBank, a story which FNG broke earlier today. While FlowBank’s main website (at flowbank.com) remains up, its “Open ...