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The FCB launched scoring for the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

The First Credit Bureau of Kazakhstan with the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus launched a scoring model that predicts probability of a borrower’s default for Belarusian financial organizations

12 августа 2021 2 мин. 6763

To Promote Competition, Deregulate

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order calling on regulators to “further competition” in the shipping and rail industries, among others, because high and rising freight costs and delivery delays constitute a drag on economic activity by preventing businesses from obtaining timely inputs. But regulatory interventions won’t ameliorate that problem; deregulation will

08 августа 2021 5 мин. 6198

Countering Putin's Grand Strategy

WASHINGTON, DC – In 1965, at the height of the Cold War, the comedy series Get Smart premiered on US television. The popular show featured the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart, who represented the American counterespionage agency CONTROL in its fight against its archenemy, an organization called KAOS – one of whose agents was virtually always Russian

05 августа 2021 6 мин. 7517

The Fallacy of Climate Financial Risk

STANFORD – In the United States, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Treasury are gearing up to incorporate climate policy into US financial regulation, following even more audacious steps in Europe

01 августа 2021 6 мин. 5800

The Return of Inflation?

FRANKFURT – After many years of low inflation, prices have risen almost everywhere in recent months

29 июля 2021 5 мин. 6264

Where Have All the Asian Tigers Gone?

NEW DELHI – This was supposed to be the Asian century, with the ascent of China being only one – albeit a major – part of the story

25 июля 2021 5 мин. 6538

Tayyab first digital Islamic card launched in Kazakhstan

Its main difference is compliance with the Shariah norms

23 июля 2021 2 мин. 6268

Lipstick and COVID-19

LONDON – “Is my lipstick protecting me against COVID-19?” ranks as one of the more intriguing email queries we have received from a member of the public since we began coordinating the world’s largest tracker of sex-disaggregated data on the pandemic