Pennsylvania AG Announces Full Support for New Gender Neutral Rules in School Sports
HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry is actively supporting the implementation of new Title IX regulations that aim to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics…
BlackRock Investment Institute cuts developed market stocks to ‘neutral’
(Reuters) – BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday cut its rating on developed market equities to “neutral”, after being “overweight” since the end of pandemic lockdowns in Western nations, due to attractive valuations.…
Citigroup raises Japan stocks to ‘neutral,’ cuts UK to ‘underweight’
(Reuters) – Citigroup on Friday upgraded its recommendation on Japanese stocks to “neutral” as the country’s economy and earnings look resilient, but downgraded British equities to “underweight” due to high exposure to…
NY Fed data shows a decline in neutral rate during second quarter
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – The New York Federal Reserve said on Tuesday an interest rate reckoned to be neutral in its impact on the economy continued a downward trend in…
Australian $100 billion pension fund says active in Japan, neutral on China
By Lewis Jackson and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s third largest pension fund will stay active in Japanese markets in the coming months and is neutral about China despite growing investor…
New Jersey Public Schools Are Now Gender Neutral, SBA Declares
In a significant policy change, the New Jersey State Board of Education has adopted a gender-neutral approach to public education, eliminating gendered language and replacing it with more inclusive terms. Under the…
French leader Macron to visit ‘neutral ground’ Papua New Guinea
(Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron will visit Papua New Guinea next week, the latest world leader to visit the Pacific Islands nation which says it is “neutral ground” amid competition between…
Thai central bank to hike more as rate not neutral yet, says core inflation high
By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank expects further gradual policy tightening as the benchmark rate is not at neutral levels yet and core inflation remains elevated,…
BlackRock moves from ‘overweight’ to ‘neutral’ on credit
(Reuters) – BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday said it was moving from “overweight” to “neutral” on credit, saying yields are not enough to compensate investors for tightening credit conditions. In a research…
Fed’s Williams declines to connect monetary policy outlook to neutral rate view
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Fed president John Williams declined on Friday to connect the current monetary policy outlook to new work of his that reconfirms major economies are still in…
U.S. forecasters sees start of neutral weather pattern in next couple of months
(Reuters) – El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are expected to begin within the next couple of months, and persist through the Northern Hemisphere spring and early summer, a U.S. government weather…
Green Activists Seethe After Susan Collins Gets Firewood Branded A ‘Carbon Neutral’ Energy Source In Spending Bill
Green Activists Seethe After Susan Collins Gets Firewood Branded A ‘Carbon Neutral’ Energy Source In Spending Bill Jack McEvoy on December 22, 2022 Climate activists are opposing a provision in the $1.7…
ECB to hike again but “very close” to neutral rates – Herodotou
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rates will go up again but are now “very near” their neutral level, ECB policymaker Constantinos Herodotou said on Tuesday. “We are…
IMF chief wants central banks to keep raising rates to hit ‘neutral’ level
By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday that central banks should keep raising interest rates further to fight inflation until they hit a “neutral”…
Visit The Mitre and Richmond’s Carbon Neutral Pizza Kitchen Named After the UK’s Cutest Pub Dog
The Mitre, in Richmond, has taken huge steps forward in the hospitality industry by introducing a carbon neutral pizza kitchen, which is named after Rudi the Cocker Spaniel, a previous winner of…
ECB could start shrinking balance sheet once rates hit neutral, Knot says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank should consider starting to shrink its oversized stock of assets once interest rates rise to a level that neither stimulates nor slows economic growth, Dutch…
ECB needs big Oct rate hike; should hit neutral rate this year, Rehn says
By Balazs Koranyi and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – The European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates quickly to tame inflation and could reach a level that no longer stimulates…
ECB’s Lagarde raises prospect of rate hikes beyond neutral level
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates to a level that restricts economic growth in order to cool demand and combat unacceptably high inflation, ECB President Christine…
Explainer-Can the ECB really stop at the ‘neutral’ rate?
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – As the European Central Bank raises interest rates to control inflation, a key debate is whether it can stop at a so-called ‘neutral’ level or whether it would still…
Forget ‘neutral’: core inflation eyed in Bank of Canada peak rate bets
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – As investors weigh how much further the Bank of Canada will tighten, the level of underlying inflation is likely to be a better signpost than the…
ECB rates may need to go higher than neutral, Wunsch says
ALPBACH, Austria (Reuters) – The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates to a level that starts to restrict economic activity or above what is considered the “neutral” rate, Belgian…
As Bank of Canada sprints to neutral, bets of recession climb
By Julie Gordon and Fergal Smith OTTAWA – Canada’s central bank has signaled plans to race ahead with a series of oversized hikes to curb inflation, upping the risk of plunging the…
Euro zone plans fiscal policy shift from supportive to neutral
BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Monday they would gradually shift their fiscal policies from supportive this year to neutral in 2023, the chairman of the ministers Paschal Donohoe told…
Quotes: Powell says Fed won’t hesitate to move past neutral
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will “keep pushing” to tighten U.S. monetary policy until it is clear inflation is declining, Fed chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday. “What we need to see…
Fed’s Barkin says central bank can tweak path once its gets to neutral rate
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve can assess how much more it needs to do to bring inflation back down to its 2% goal when it has raised borrowing costs to a…
BoE’s Saunders says neutral rate might be in 1.25-2.5% range
LONDON – Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders said the neutral rate of interest – the level at which it neither stimulates nor restrains demand – might be somewhere in the range…
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