South Korean officials admitted responsibility and apologized on Tuesday for failures in preventing and responding to a Halloween crowd surge that killed more than 150 people and left citizens shocked and angry. The government is facing growing public scrutiny over whether the crush Saturday night in Seoul’s Itaewon district, a …
Read More »Why it is so hard for the Bank of Canada to crush inflation
Those who think central bankers are powerful and manipulative might ask themselves why people like senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers don’t just snap their fingers and make inflation go away. The Bank of Canada officials have declared they will be “resolute” in crushing inflation, squeezing it down to the bank’s …
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