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Fake news may survive Facebook changes

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Implications of Facebook's changes.

Online disinformation is greater risk for older users

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The growing numbers of senior citizens in the United States, their rapidly increasing adoption of social media and their high levels of voter turnout make their vulnerability to…

Preventing US election interference may be too late

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With the 2020 US presidential election looming, there is more attention to the threat of foreign interference. In the 2016 presidential election, Russia carried out a broad…

US 'open' Fed aim could suffer under Trump

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The scheme is part of a year-long review of Fed monetary policy strategy and tools, and communication practices, with a research conference canvassing views about Fed policy tools…

The ECB will set the speed of global credit tightening

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The ECB's plan could tip the scales towards tighter credit conditions globally. However, there are concerns about global growth -- particularly in the euro-area -- and government…

Fed's rate caution unsettles global markets

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Her comments followed the Fed's September 17 decision to keep rates unchanged because of concerns about financial turmoil and economic weakness in emerging markets (EMs). The…

Markets question degree of monetary divergence

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Monetary divergence.

The US Fed will kick off its policy tightening cycle

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Part of its policy tightening will involve reducing its balance sheet, which has expanded from just over USD4tn at end-2019 to almost USD9tn. The Fed stopped buying bonds last…

US rates rift will fuel financial market volatility

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Financial markets outlook.

Global 'fake news' fight to focus on online platforms

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Fake news is not a new phenomenon, but it has burgeoned since the emergence of social media. The issue has taken centre stage since 2016 because of reports that Russia interfered…