THERE will be no toll hikes this year as the postponement of the increase, which was implemented

2022-23. Hikes in toll rates are linked to the WPI while the traffic volume is linked to underlying

spending by lowering longer-term rates. Fed officials now expect to hike short-term interest rates three

the NI hike are likely to come later, possibly on Tuesday.' TAX-AND-SPEND' For years, British leaders

High inflation is taking a toll on American families, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

The central bank hiked its key rate 3.5 percentage points to 12% after announcing a meeting of its

This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.... Twelve other injured hikers are undergoing treatment in hospital. Frequent volcanic eruptions in Marapi have hampered rescue efforts for days.... Ahmad Rifandi, head of Marapi's monitoring post, told AFP news agency that five eruptions had been recorded on Tuesday alone....

WASHINGTON--U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon's watchdog office said Friday. The report from the inspector general of the Department of Defense provides a rare bit of public stock-taking of the military’s state of readiness – or lack of readiness – for the w

NEW YORK: Bets on a bond-market rally aren’t in the clear just yet.... Around a full percentage point of cuts are currently anticipated in 2024. But with Powell taking a data-dependent approach, those expectations could easily change if economic growth or inflation accelerates. This week has a slew of key US data, including the Labour Department’s monthly jobs report.... “ We see risks that Treasuries will have to continue to cheapen in order to incentivise demand.” Other pressure is coming fr

NEW YORK: Bets on a bond-market rally aren’t in the clear just yet.... Around a full percentage point of cuts are currently anticipated in 2024. But with Powell taking a data-dependent approach, those expectations could easily change if economic growth or inflation accelerates. This week has a slew of key US data, including the Labour Department’s monthly jobs report.... “ We see risks that Treasuries will have to continue to cheapen in order to incentivise demand.” Other pressure is coming fr