The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of Fiscal Affairs Department, Vitor Gasper has said that India’s debt is lower than the best or emerging market economies in the world, while the global debt has reached a new record high of $182 trillion in 2017. According to the latest IMF data, in India, private debt in … Read more
The US markets ended mostly lower on Monday as fears over rapidly rising rates continued to weigh on sentiment. A sell-off seen in the overseas markets, with Chinese stocks showing a particularly steep drop following a week-long holiday also weighed on market sentiments. A jump in government bond yields over the past several sessions has … Read more
Mumbai : Asian markets ended lower on Friday as a surge in US Treasury yields raised concerns about the outlook for interest rates. Media reports suggesting that China secretly inserted surveillance microchips into servers used by Apple and Amazon also weighed on markets. Investors looked ahead to the US jobs report for September due later … Read more
Asian markets ended lower on Thursday after upbeat US economic data drove 10-year US Treasury yields to their highest level since 2011, raising concerns the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates aggressively. A report from ADP and Moody’s Analytics showed private payrolls in the US increasing by 230,000 in September – the highest in seven … Read more
The Gulf of St. Lawrence has warmed and lost oxygen faster than almost anywhere else in the global oceans. The broad, biologically rich waterway in Eastern Canada drains North America’s Great Lakes and is popular with fishing boats, whales and tourists. A new study led by the University of Washington looks at the causes of … Read more
Physical activity, including less vigorous forms such as walking and cycling, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, but despite this well-known benefit, levels of activity are still low in many countries. There are concerns that many peoples’ lives involve increasingly sedentary occupations and little opportunity for leisure time physical activity. Researchers from the University of … Read more
