About 40 minutes from the City of London financial district, a sign in the town of Laindon once promised that “Something amazing is taking place.” Behind it lies the part-completed carcass of a shopping mall and housing project, where construction has stalled for two years.
Decarbonizing houses is about health and safety, say Jonathan and Drew Scott.
The White House proposed a set of rules on Tuesday to improve insurance coverage for mental-health conditions, part of a broader plan to fight rising rates of anxiety, depression and other ailments.
The semiconductor industry warned that there won’t be enough engineers, computer scientists and technicians in the US to support a rapid expansion this decade, threatening efforts to boost the domestic chip economy.
The Federal Reserve is reaching a pivotal moment in its fight against inflation. After more than a year of solid agreement that higher interest rates were needed, differences among policymakers have started to deepen as they weigh when to stop hiking and how long to keep rates elevated.
Xi Jinping’s pledge to revive growth is finally winning over some investors who’ve been burned time and again by China’s economic woes.
Another poor reading in Germany’s business sentiment this month points to the likelihood that Europe’s biggest economy may still be stuck in recession, according to Ifo President Clemens Fuest.
Sri Lanka eased restrictions on the foreign-exchange market to allow companies and individuals to send more dollars abroad. The rupee weakened a 15th day.
A meeting of China’s top decision-making body flagged more help for commodities, but stopped short of unveiling any big-bang stimulus that would have given markets a sharp jolt.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said billions of euros of promised tax cuts will be spread out gradually over several years as the government tries to reduce its budget deficit.
