Soft Jobs Report Boosts Market Bets Fed Will Skip October Rate Increase
The odds of an interest rate change at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in late October have dropped following a softer jobs report and strong signaling from bank officials.
US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts
A new financial reporting proposal, pitched by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins, has generated enormous opposition, from ordinary savers to industry groups. AP Photo/Yuki IwamuraThe U.S. government has pitched an obscure accounting rule change that has ignited a firestorm of opposition.
Mangrove restoration is becoming big business, but benefits don’t always reach local people
On Pakistan’s Indus delta coast, a 350,000-hectare mangrove project is turning a growing forest into something that can be sold to companies thousands of miles away: carbon credits.
Appointment of members of the Enforcement Decision Making Committee (EDMC)
Following an external recruitment process, the Bank of England has appointed Carlos Conceicao and Alexander Justham as members of its Enforcement Decision Making Committee, with effect from September 2026.
The UK’s pension triple lock has done its job and needs to be retired
The UK’s pension triple lock has only been in place for 15 years. But it’s done the job it was brought in to do, and now it should be scrapped.
So the prime minister is right to want to change it. Because while it’s been widely treated as politically untouchable, the triple lock is very expensive.
That’s not to say it was unnecessary.
Minutes of the Meeting of the Court of Directors held on 16 July 2026
The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.
As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer received a one-year suspension from the NBA after the league found that the franchise had violated salary cap circumvention rules.
Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood is a test case
Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood has lost population over the past decade even as investment has grown nearby. AFP via Getty ImagesNeighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement.
Wildfires are now an escalating risk: here’s how the UK needs to prepare ahead of next summer
Fire services across the UK are now working out how much they can do over the winter to prepare for one of the country’s escalating dangers: wildfires.
Baroness Brown, the chairwoman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, recently told the BBC that not enough action has been taken, given that the UK is predicted to face longer, drier summers due to global warming.
Manchester City supporters have been gaslit. What happens now?
The Premier League has published the core findings of the independent commission investigating Manchester City Football Club. It finds the club guilty of all charges relating to serious financial breaches across nine seasons, from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
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