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Climate inaction costlier than net zero transition: Reuters poll

COP26 · 7:17 AM UTC

Hitting the Paris Agreement goal of net-zero carbon emissions will require investments in a green transition worth 2%-3% of world output each year until 2050, far less than the economic cost of inaction, according to a Reuters poll of climate economists.

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Inflation genie out of the bottle: Five questions for the ECB
United States
U.S. 2021 fiscal year deficit below prior year's record, Treasury says
Business
Time for Fed to taper bond purchases but not to raise rates, Powell says
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U.S. business activity accelerates in October, shortages hamper factories - IHS Markit survey
Finance
Global equity funds see biggest inflows in seven weeks - Lipper
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Japan's consumer inflation turns positive as energy costs rise

Japan's core consumer prices rose in September for the first time since the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, a sign that rising energy and raw material costs are gradually pushing up inflation.

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