In practice, not all crops are suited to Pakistan’s agro-climatic conditions or economic realities. An import-substitution mindset tends to favor whatever oilseed could replace imports (whether or not ...

There are a handful of obstacles to negotiate at the very outset of 2026 but longer-term drivers will soon reassert themselves, says this former hedge-fund head of commodities.

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By Merit Ibe [email protected] The Federal Government may be clinking glasses and celebrating various economic ‘gains’, recorded in 2025, especially inflation cooling, local manufacturers tell a ...

Bank of Japan Rate Decision Highlights: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its key policy rate 25 bps to 0.75%, its highest level since September 1995. This move takes the key rate to a 30-year high, ...

Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules ...

The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4% to 3.75%, its sixth cut since last summer. The decision follows a bigger-than-expected fall in the consumer price index rate of inflation in data ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...

Rate-setters back quarter-point cut after steep fall in inflation and weak economic data but vote remained close Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter ...

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

James Cameron has dismissed criticism of 3D and high frame rate in his Avatar movies, pointing to their enormous box office success as evidence that audiences don’t mind it, and explaining why he ...

The Federal Reserve is meeting for the first time this year on Jan 27 and 28, 2026, but expectations for a rate cut are low. After the December 2025 job report showed slower job growth, lower ...