EU seeks feedback on looser state aid rules to spur clean tech projects
European Union state aid regulators are seeking feedback from member countries on looser rules allowing governments to give grants and other financial incentives for clean
Deutsche Boerse’s Clearstream to offer bitcoin and ether custody services
Germany’s Deutsche Boerse will offer cryptocurrency custody and settlement services for institutional clients from next month, the company said on Tuesday, becoming the latest firm to
Goldman Sachs managing director Scott Rubner leaves firm, source says
Scott Rubner, a managing director in the derivatives sales and macro execution team at Goldman Sachs, has left the investment bank, a source familiar with
Climate activists protest at top global energy gathering
Protesters gathered on Monday outside the world’s largest annual meeting of energy executives, where the U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that climate change was
Cities face ‘whiplash’ of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
The weather in some of the world’s most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc
Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows
Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog
Can Germany afford to take most defence spending out of its debt brake?
Germany’s constitution contains a so-called debt brake – a constraint that keeps the structural deficit to 0.35 percent of GDP. This measure of fiscal prudence
Survey mode effects and youth mental health in Asia and the Middle East
There is growing evidence of a decline in the mental health of the young in Western developed countries such that, today, the young tend to
The perceived costs of business cycles and inflation
How costly are business cycles and inflation? This column reports on a survey that asked consumers across 13 countries how much consumption they would be
New developments in total factor productivity measurement reflecting innovative activities: Evidence from the productivity J-curve in advanced countries
Despite digitalisation in the 21st century, productivity growth rates in advanced economies seemed to stagnate in the 2010s. One hypothesis to explain this phenomenon is
