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Productivity and Financial Inclusion: A Response to the Economic Slowdown

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By Tomas Miller and Verónica Trujillo Tomas Miller joined the Multilateral Investment Fund in 2000 and heads its Access to Finance Unit, overseeing a loan and equity portfolio related to microfinance, venture capital, early-stage equity, small business financing, and financial services for low-income people. How are financial inclusion and productivity linked? And why are these […]

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Forex Weekly Outlook February 8-12

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Janet Yellen and Glenn Stevens speeches, US Crude Oil Inventories, Unemployment Claims, Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment. These are the main market movers for this week. Here is an outlook on the main events on forex calendar. Last week yet another disappointment with a lower than expected monthly jobs report, showing a 151,000 gain, compared […]

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The investigation into the drug that killed one person and hospitalized others is blaming the French lab that conducted the trials

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The company in charge of the trial of an experimental drug that left one person dead and others possibly brain damaged has been found to be at fault, the French Health Ministry said. A preliminary report found that the laboratory Biotrial failed to suspend the trial on Jan. 10 when one volunteer was hospitalized, and […]

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The Diary of a Recovering Perfectionist

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Hi. I’m Cailen, and I’m a recovering perfectionist. Recovering in the sense that it’s my still my default mode, but I’m shining consciousness on it, creating space around it, and loosening my perfectionist death-grip. (Ugh. If I could only be better at letting go! That’s a perfectionist joke.) Perfectionism is rigid. Hard. Cold. It feels […]

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Are wages all the rage or is it profit taking?

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It is quite uncommon to see the US dollar rising across the board on a significantly worse than expected Non-Farm Payrolls. Jobs advanced by 151K, worse than 190K expected and well below the average of recent months. The dollar initially dropped, with EUR/USD reaching 1.1244, USD/JPY continuing its reversal of the BOJ move and other […]

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US Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9 Percent

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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in January, the lowest level in eight years. Friday’s report by the Labor Department also said the U.S. economy had a net gain of 151,000 jobs, which was lower than the past couple of months and lower than what most economists had predicted. Analysts say sectors of […]

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Moving Away From Fear

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“8. Drive out fear: Encourage effective two way communication and other means to drive out fear throughout the organization so that everybody may work effectively and more productively for the company.” — Dr. Edwards W. Deming Most of my earlier years were filled with some kind of fear. I don’t really remember, but I wonder […]