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Capital markets union: a deep dive - Five measures to foster a single market for capital

03/11/2025 European Central Bank Central banks

The European Union requires a single market for capital. Well-developed and integrated capital markets support economic growth and resilience across the region, offering benefits for businesses, households, and financial stability. This paper examines the importance of CMU in achieving five strategic objectives: supporting innovation and productivity, financing the twin transition, shoring up pension savings, strengthening alternatives to bank financing, and fostering convergence and inclusion.

The fear of deportation hangs over unauthorized workers trying to fight exploitation, but all workers in the US have rights

03/10/2025 The Conversation USA

Handcuffed food-processing workers are escorted into a bus after an ICE raid in Morton, Miss., in 2019. AP Photo/Rogelio V.

Russia’s economy is stagnating – but that won’t force it to end the war

03/10/2025 The Conversation UK

BLACKDAY / ShutterstockIn recent months, many western media commentators have suggested the Russian economy is in such serious trouble that President Vladimir Putin will soon have little choice but to end the war in Ukraine.

Cyber resilience stress testing from a macroprudential perspective

03/10/2025 European Central Bank Central banks

Cyberattacks pose greater risk to financial stability than ever before as they have grown in both number and magnitude. A macroprudential perspective on cyber resilience stress testing is needed because cyber incidents can have a systemic impact as their effects spread across the financial sector via confidence, operational and financial mechanisms.

FEDS Paper: Challenging Demographic Representativeness at State Borders: Implications for Policy Research

03/07/2025 Federal Reserve Central banks

Benjamin S. Kay and Albina KhatiwodaThis study examines the demographic characteristics of U.S. state border counties, comparing them with those of nonborder counties. The demographic representativeness of border counties is essential for the interpretation of the results in state border-county difference-in-difference analyses, used in state policy evaluations. Our findings reveal that border counties generally have higher proportions of White, older, and disabled populations.

Women always suffer in times of conflict. Yet the arms industry is accused of gender washing war

03/07/2025 The Conversation UK

A displaced Yemeni woman makes food for her children in the camp where they live in the city of Taiz. akramalrasny/Shutterstock International Women’s Day, marked each year on March 8, is all about celebrating women and furthering efforts towards gender equality. Companies are keen to join these conversations and shout about their achievements on a day when minds are focused on female empowerment.

Altmetric Reports that Fred Ledley's INET-Funded Research Is in the Top 1% of all Papers Published by JAMA Health Forum

03/07/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

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Fred Ledley's INET-funded research, which has been published as an INET working paper, documents that the US Government is the first investor in practically all crucial biopharmaceutical innovation.

Welfare cuts won’t succeed without healthier jobs

03/07/2025 The Conversation UK

PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/ShutterstockThe UK is poised to cut billions of pounds from its welfare spend as the Treasury takes the view that there is less room for manoeuvre in the finances than hoped.

Five things young professionals can do today to promote gender equality at work

03/07/2025 The Conversation UK

lynxie/ShutterstockIf you are starting your career today, you will hopefully see evidence of how far gender equality has come at work. You may have experienced little gender difference in educational attainment, see plenty of women leading companies, and be aware of legal protections and policies to combat gender discrimination in pay and promotions. Your office may even put on events to mark International Women’s Day.

‘Pay to help’ is a new trend which could change the future of volunteering

03/06/2025 The Conversation UK

Gorodenkoff/ShutterstockVolunteering is a popular way for people to give something back to society. Whether it’s joining a tree-planting group, or helping out at a charity shop, spending time contributing to a cause is something valued by almost a billion people across the world.

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