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The independent Electoral Commission slammed the plans, comparing the proposals to a cricket team “telling the umpire how to enforce the rules of the game”

Federal Reserve policymakers have signaled they won't cut U.S. interest rates just yet; economists think they will wait until June, given ongoing strength in household spending and uncertainty over the economic outlook, and market bets now point to the April 30-May 1 policy meeting. But U.S. central bankers, who have kept the Fed's benchmark overnight interest rate in the 5.25%-5.50% range since last July, have already begun the pivot to easier policy. The turn in communications may ...

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Construction begins on the long-awaited Piarere roundabout this week and new minister for transport Simeon Brown is now talking about a new four-lane highway...

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Transport Minister Simeon Brown has kicked off the construction of a new roundabout on SH1/SH29 at Piarere this morning, which will increase the safety and reliability of movement for people and freight using this strategic corridor. “The Government ...

That felt like a long wait for a two-page policy statement, and in the end the Bank of Japan (BOJ) hardly altered anything. With that in mind, the median board member forecast for consumer prices (CPI) ex-fresh food in fiscal year 2024 did drop to 2.4%, from 2.8% last October. The forecast then falls to 1.8% for fiscal 2025, while CPI ex-fresh food and energy is put at 1.9%.

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced important revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code.