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Monetary Policy Summary, April 2026 At its meeting ending on 29 April 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 8–1 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. One member voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%. The conflict in the Middle East means that prospects for global energy…

What does it mean to be a happy country? The World Happiness Report points the way to life satisfaction for citizens. Finland has taken the top spot in the UN World Happiness Report for the seventh straight year, and not because there is something in the icy waters of this nation of just 5.6 million…

Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche. Photo: Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission The review finds that digital investment across government is fragmented and that prioritisation of digital projects is weak, and provides recommendations to fix these and other issues New Zealand’s system for digital delivery across government is not working effectively, a rapid review…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday announced a $24 million effort to help revive American shipbuilding, his latest move under the bank’s $1.5 trillion security project aimed at bolstering industries critical to U.S. economic and national security. The figure includes $18 million in loans and $6 million in grants to finance a new submarine…

en English Politics Jul 15, 2026 Mark Leonard Some European leaders seem to think that abasing themselves for Donald Trump’s pleasure is necessary to save NATO and keep the Western alliance alive. But by so desperately clinging to the good old…

Interview with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Élisabeth Montaufray-Bureau on 10 July 2026 15 July 2026 What is your view on last Thursday’s vote by the European Parliament to back the digital euro? It was a very important step because the Parliament represents Europe’s citizens and its endorsement…

We study whether information frictions about the relative effectiveness of study methods distort students’ effort allocation. Standard models treat effort as a single input whose level, rather than composition, determines outcomes. We instead model effort as an allocation across methods with heterogeneous effectiveness. Combining panel surveys, administrative records, digital activity logs, and a randomized information…

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran early Wednesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump…

“Since her death, her bank balance fell to $9,000 from $16,000.”