#IranProtests #EconomicSanctions #HumanRights
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NPR: Iran's Economic Hardship 'Caused in Part by U.S. Sanctions', That's Partially 'by Design'
On Thursday's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered," co-host Mary Louise Kelly said protests in Iran were due to "economic hardship, hardship caused in part by U.
#PredictionMarkets #Economics #FutureTrends
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Three economists grabbed a beer. A multibillion-dollar industry was born.
The billion-dollar prediction markets industry began like a joke: Three economists walked into a bar.
This was in Iowa City in 1988, long before anyone could bet on elections or Super Bowl halftime shows with their phone.
#Iran #EconomicSanctions #DollarShortage
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US says it caused dollar shortage to trigger Iran protests: What that means
The US strategy of creating a "dollar shortage" in Iran by blocking foreign exchange inflow channels through sanctions has caused the Iranian rial to plummet, triggering steep inflation and making it difficult for Iran to pay for necessary imports.
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#Ukraine #IMF #EconomicStability
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Ukraine Expects Final IMF Deal Approval in Coming Weeks
By Marc Jones and Karin Strohecker
LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine expects its new $8. 2 billion programme with 鈦爐he 鈦營nternational Monetary Fund to be formally approved in weeks, 鈦爄ts debt chief has told Reuters, a telegraphed but symbolic step, with the war with Russia about to grind into a fifth year.
#PlasmaDonation #EconomicStruggles #AmericanHealthCare
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Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Inside a suburban Philadelphia strip mall, between the Hair Cuttery and a Citizens Bank, a dozen people lay on black ergonomic beds a few feet apart, hooked up through a needle in the crook of their arms to machines pumping blood out of their veins.
#GenZ #EconomicStrain #JobMarket
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US experiencing a 'generational recession' -- with Gen Z hit hardest
Gen Z adults reported the highest levels of economic strain in what a new report calls a deepening "generational recession," with more saying they were unemployed and looking for work and fewer expressing confidence about their career paths.
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#FederalReserve #InterestRates #Economics
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These Presidents Found Out How Trying to Control the Fed Chair Can Backfire
President Trump chose a Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, he thinks he can count on to lower interest rates. History suggests three different ways presidents have come to regret that bet.
#EconomicSecurity #ForeignInvestment #ChinaRelations
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Britain's reliance on China makes us 'weak link in the West', warn MPs
The UK's reliance on China is making the country "the weak link" in the West, MPs have warned.
In a damning report published on Thursday, the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee said a dependence on "hostile actors" such as China for investment and trade was alarming international allies.
#USDollar #USDebt #EconomicStability
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Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great, but the U.S. needs a stable currency as national debt heads toward $40 trillion, former Fed president says
President Donald Trump welcomed the dollar's recent decline, but a former Federal Reserve president said the astronomical size of U.
#Capitalism #EconomicSystem #GenerationalChange
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8 Americans explain how capitalism has shaped -- and failed -- their lives
Business Insider recently launched our Future of Capitalism series to examine shifting attitudes about capitalism, fairness, opportunity, hard work, and success in the US -- everything from the federal government's role in the economy to the change in how capitalism is being taught in high schools.
#CentralBankIndependence #MonetaryPolicy #EconomicStability
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How the Fed and four other central banks have handled political pressure
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Central bank independence - the ability to set interest rates free from political pressure - is widely seen as critical to a nation's economic wellbeing, and it's one reason why President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is drawing so much attention.
