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Australia’s Reserve Bank has been accused of driving some of the deeply entrenched inflation it has been trying to tame via interest rate hikes, with new research showing rises in households’ living costs have far outpaced official CPI figures. The research from Airteam and Primara Research revealed that CPI no longer truly represented the increases in prices and goods people pay because the figures do not capture rises in housing costs or the challenges created by poor housing affordability. The Consumer Price Index, or CPI, is the primary metric the Reserve Bank uses to guide its monetary policy, with the…

As from today, the European Innovation Council (EIC) will provide investments in defence and dual-use technologies, marking a strategic pivot in Europe’s innovation policy. The change is the result of an amendment to the EIC work programme 2026, adopted today by the Commission to implement the Defence Mini-Omnibus.   From now on, the EIC Accelerator and STEP Scaleup will support companies developing dual-use technologies. Start-ups and SMEs developing technologies with a focus on dual-use business cases, both civilian and defence applications (e.g. AI, quantum, advanced materials, robotics) can apply for grants up to €2.5 million and equity investments up to €30 million.…

NEW YORK (July 15): Money market funds are taking a more cautious approach in their portfolios, reflecting lingering uncertainty about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s ​rate policy path, the latest industry data show. Weighted average maturity — the average time until securities held by a money market fund mature — ‌fell to 38 days for the week ending July 10 for the Crane Money Fund Average, a broad industry measure, from 42 days a month ago. The same figure fell to 40 days this month from 44 days in June in the Crane 100 Money Fund Index, which tracks funds holding the…

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At a conference reviewing banking sector performance in the first half of 2026, Pham Duc An, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), outlined a clear policy direction. Monetary policy will continue to support the goal of double-digit economic growth while ensuring that inflation remains under control, macroeconomic stability is preserved, credit quality is maintained, and the banking system remains safe. The Governor’s message once again reflects the evolving role of monetary policy as Vietnam enters a period of faster economic growth. For many years, monetary policy has primarily served as the economy’s anchor of stability—keeping inflation in check,…

Aerial panoramic view of The City of London cityscape skyline with metropole financial district modern skyscrapers after sunset on night with illuminated buildings and cloudy sky in London, UKgettyThe Bank of England has decided how it will regulate stablecoins, and the answer is carefully, slowly, and with a ceiling. The policy statement published June 22 drops the individual holding caps that made last year’s consultation notorious, replaces them with a roughly £40 billion per-issuer issuance limit, and schedules the regime to go live in 2027. Sarah Breeden, the deputy governor for financial stability, framed the package as the foundations of…

John Montgomery gestures while talking at ICI 2026 ETF Conference ETF.com President & Director of Research Dave Nadig grabbed some time with John Montgomery, Founder, CEO, and PM at Bridgeway Capital Management, while at the 2026 ICI ETF Conference. Their discussion covered everything from contrarian investing and walking the talk to the company’s 50% donation of profits to charities since its inception in the early ’90s.  A Small Team Driving Meaningful Change John Montgomery has been running Bridgeway for over three decades, with a simple pitch: deep quantitative research, a focus on smaller, less-liquid stocks that bigger competitors can’t touch,…

STOCK PHOTO | Image by Tyler Gooding from Unsplash (Part 2) As mentioned in Part 1 of this article, Chile at the beginning of its development process after the Second World War was no different from the typical Latin American economy. Its government protected its domestic industries with high tariffs, expanded state ownership of strategic industries, increased social spending, and implemented land reform. Under Eduardo Frei Montalva, land reform and partial nationalization of the copper industry began. His successor, left-wing president Salvador Allende, accelerated these policies by nationalizing the copper industry, expanding state ownership of banks and businesses, raising wages…

Summary Americans say they need $1.2 million to retire comfortably, but more than half of savers expect to fall well short of it. The gap has less to do with market returns than with participation, with fewer than half of U.S. adults owning stocks at all. Reinvested dividends have added a little over two percentage points a year to S&P 500 returns, which compounds into a six-figure difference over 25 years. The investors who fared best through the last four crashes weren’t the ones with the best forecasts. How much money do Americans say they need to retire comfortably? According…

Bitcoin’s move above $66,000 has lifted CRCL, BMNR and MSTR by as much as 8.6% as investors position for the Federal Reserve’s July meeting. Summary Bitcoin’s move above $66,000 lifted CRCL, BMNR and MSTR during Tuesday’s trading. CRCL and BMNR broke descending resistance, while MSTR reclaimed the key $100 level. The Federal Reserve’s July decision could determine whether the three stock rallies continue. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin climbed past $66,000 on July 21, while Ethereum traded above $1,900 and XRP recovered beyond $1.14. The combined value of all cryptocurrencies increased 2.08% within 24 hours to reach $2.26 trillion.…