Drop it when it’s hot: the Fed’s consequential hint

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: Drop it when it’s hot: the Fed’s consequential hint
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• Duration: 00:22:20
• Published: 2021-06-22 12:02

The merest mention of future interest-rate rises from America’s central bank sent markets into a tizzy. We consider the merits and the effects of signalling early and often. Europe’s drug use dipped when the pandemic began, but soon rebounded; we examine the rising potency of the continent’s drugs and drug syndicates. And data reveal what makes work-from-home productivity so low.

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