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Let’s tax carbon: Ross Garnaut on why the time is right for a second shot at carbon pricing

Australia now has a government and parliament wanting timely transition to net zero. We have a government and parliament wanting to build Australia as the renewable energy superpower of the zero-carbon world economy. For the time being, we have favourable international settings for using our opportunity.

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A UN report says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade

U.N. agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against Hamas

The Independent UK

‘Utter ruin’: Gaza economy would take 350 years to return to pre-conflict level, UN says

Report says ‘intense military operations in Gaza have left unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe’

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FTSE 100 regains most of its losses after early falls

The UK’s top stock index recovered later in the day after improved predictions for the UK economy by the International Monetary Fund.

Evening Standard

IMF Predicts Slightly Slower Global Growth In 2024 And 2025

Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2 percent this year and remain at that level in 2025, the IMF announced Tuesday, while warning that the stable figures masked "important" regional and sectoral shifts.

International Business Times

End of coal in South Africa: what 100,000 workers will need when their jobs go

South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy will affect over 100,000 workers in coal mining and coal-fired power generation – and their families. Economics professor and director of the Development…

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Budget 2024: Boost for Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves as IMF ramps up economic growth forecast for Britain

The leading economists increased their prediction for GDP growth in the UK in 2024 from 0.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent

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IMF's economic view: A brighter outlook for US but still-tepid global growth

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic outlook for the United States this year, while lowering its expectations for growth in Europe and China

The Independent UK

UK economy to grow faster than thought in pre-Budget boost for Reeves

Only Spain was given a bigger economic upgrade by the IMF, making the UK the biggest beneficiary for extra growth in the G7 – although the US’s new growth rate of 2.8 per cent is higher

The Independent UK

Air Passenger Duty may go up in Reeves’s Budget – could the ‘Inverness Immunity’ come to an end?

Plane Talk: Why it’s not always a good idea to tax the traveller until the pips squeak

The Independent UK

IMF warns Trump trade tariffs could dent global economy as it upgrades UK outlook

New report upgrades outlook for UK economy with growth now forecast at 1.1% rather than 0.7%

The Guardian - UK

IMF upgrades UK economic growth as elections drive global uncertainty

It came as the financial agency held its forecasts for the global economy steady for 2024, with a slight downgrade for next year.

Evening Standard

How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis

More than half of the world’s total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. A quarter of animal and planet species are now threatened, and 14 out of 18 key ecosystem services – including fertile soils to grow food,…

The Conversation

Yellen says isolationism 'made America and the world worse off' in speech to global finance leaders

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election

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International Business Times

Four Fed Policymakers Back Further Rate Cuts But Differ In Pacing

Four Fed policymakers support rate cuts but differ on the pace that it would be implemented.

The Guardian - UK

Rail, water, energy: the big projects likely to be in Rachel Reeves’ budget

Chancellor expected to promote range of infrastructure plans to boost economy, including reviving parts of HS2

The Guardian - US

Obama ridicules Trump’s boasts on economy as Walz dismisses Republican nominee’s McDonald’s ‘stunt’ – as it happened

Democratic VP nominee joined by Barack Obama at Wisconsin campaign event

Evening Standard

Tories warn of ‘existential crisis’ as Employment Bill to cost firms billions

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake called for small businesses to be spared from some of the changes in the Employment Rights Bill.

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Recent hurricanes are obscuring the U.S. economy’s underlying trend

Goldman Sachs said property damage from hurricanes Helene and Milton could cost a combined $90 billion.

The Independent UK

Venezuela arrests a former oil czar and accuses him of working with the US to undermine the industry

Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S. government to undermine the industry that drives the country’s economy

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Mark Cuban, Kamala Harris, and Taxing Unrealized Gains

Some warn that taxing unrealized gains could devastate the economy, but are those fears realistic?

The Conversation

U.S. national debt is its Achilles’ heel, but China sees it as an opportunity

China is gradually establishing itself as a major player in what has recently been called the Global South, previously known as the Non-Aligned Movement. Over the last few decades, China has become the world’s biggest creditor of developing countries. That has prompted many to fear that it will subjugate partners…

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Israel's Economy Faces Strain Amid Ongoing Conflict

Learn about the economic impact of Israel's conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, including increased military spending, economic challenges, and U.S. financi...

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