In March 2023, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, is facing increasing pressure over his controversial pension reform bill, which he pushed through without a final vote by the National Assembly, invoking Article 49.3 of the French Constitution. ...
The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has been consistently sending military aircraft into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) with growing numbers of aircraft, though not its national airspace (CNBC, Politico). For the...
A single ‘hike’ is considered an increase in the upper bound by up to and including 25 basis points. An increase of the upper bound of the target range 26-50 basis points hike is considered two hikes.
This market is proposed by Animal Spirits.. The...
In September 2020, Governor Newsom announced in an executive order that by 2035 all new passenger cars and trucks (which do not include medium or heavy duty vehicles) sold in California will need to be zero-emission vehicles.
Governor Brown, who in...
The Underlying is the one decimal value reported by the BLS. The resolution source is: undefined (undefined)
Taiwan has raised concerns regarding potential actions by the People's Republic of China in the Pratas Island (News.com.au, Business Insider, Taipei Times, Yahoo). Confused? Check our FAQ or ask us for help. To learn more about Good Judgment and...
Wikipedia states:
"[NATO] is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. [...] NATO constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense...
The 45th Canadian federal election will take place on or before 20 October 2025 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Since the incumbent government is a minority government, the election may occur before the...
Will Insight Prediction become a unicorn -- that is, a startup with a valuation of over $1 billion -- by the end of 2025? If yes, this market will resolve at one dollar. However, if Insight Prediction gains a valuation of $100 million or more, but...
With Donald Trump being banned from most major platforms, thereby losing his 88 million followers on Twitter (6th largest account), there is a question of whether he will move to an alternative platform. If he does, he may pull a substantial number...
See the Wikipedia article on the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis for some context relevant to this question.
In a column for the New York times in 2018, Paul Krugman wrote,
To some extent gold is in a similar situation. Most gold just sits there, possessing value because people believe it possesses value. But gold does have real-world uses, both for...
International debt payments are coming due for Tunisia amid protracted negotiations with the IMF and general political and economic distress (Africa News, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera). Fitch, Moody's, and S&P are the "Big Three" global credit...
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According to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS):
"The number of...
For many years, Venezuela has been suffering a national crisis that includes hyperinflation, the decline of oil prices, frequent protests and brutal gang violence. As a result, millions of Venezuelans have fled the country.
Venezuelan President...
Libor, the floating rate used in all sorts of financial contracts from student loans to derivates, served its purpose for quite a while, but it brought down by abuse and manipulation by the British banks that set it. This became evident a decade ago...
The US Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics created the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) in the 2000s to address shortcomings of the Official Poverty Measure (OPM). Unlike the OPM, the SPM adjusts for in-kind benefits, tax liabilities, and...
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