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Nepal Reconstruction Cost: Nepal may need nearly a tenth of its economy to rebuild after devastating floods

A man navigates through a mud-covered street next to damaged houses following the flash floods and mudslide in Nepal Nepal may need between $4 billion and $5 billion to rebuild after this week’s devastating floods, finance minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters on Saturday, as authorities continued to assess the scale of loss and damage.“The initial…

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Inflation: Inflation isn’t meaningfully slowing: Federal Reserve chairman

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks on inflation Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh warned inflation isn’t meaningfully slowing and said policymakers must be confident that it is, otherwise the central bank has “work to do.” In a sweeping speech, his first since becoming chairman of the central bank in May, Warsh reiterated that policymakers…

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Inflation data ‘concerning’: Fed chair Warsh signals rates may need to rise

US Fed chairman Kevin Warsh Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has indicated that the US central bank may need to raise interest rates in the coming months if inflation does not make enough progress towards its 2% target.Speaking at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, Warsh acknowledged that recent US data…

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Meta India, SE Asia VP Devanathan joins OpenAI

Meta India, SE Asia VP Devanathan joins OpenAI BENGALURU: Meta’s vice-president for India and Southeast Asia, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant after more than a decade to join OpenAI, where she will become vice-president for Southeast Asia and Australia.Devanathan will be based in Singapore and report to Kiran Mani, OpenAI’s managing director…

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India Foreign Exchange Reserves: India’s forex reserves hit all-time high of $729.33 billion after $12.42 billion jump

Foreign currency assets rose by $9.482 billion to $591.333 billion during the reporting week (representative image) India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $12.422 billion to a new all-time high of $729.328 billion in the week ended August 21, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed on Friday.The country’s forex reserves have now risen for eight…

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