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Headlines – Social Security checks to be deposited for January as per full payment schedule – US tax season 2022 begins tomorrow, Monday 24 January, so know how to file your taxes – Initial unemployment claims increased by 55,000 last week, totalling 286,000 for the week ending on 15 January – High inflation sees prices up

In 1938, a brilliant young Black scholar at Oxford University wrote a thesis on the economic history of British empire and challenged a claim about slavery that had been defining Britain’s role in the world for more than a century. But when Eric Williams – who would later become the first prime minister of Trinidad

The Indian economy has “some bright spots and a number of very dark stains” and the government should target its spending “carefully” so that there are no huge deficits, noted economist and former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Sunday. Known for his frank views, Rajan also said the government needs to do more to

(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s banking regulator has advised commercial lenders not to distribute dividends from profits in 2021, when a currency crash eroded banks’ cash buffers, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The regulator, known as BDDK, passed its recommendation to the lenders via Turkey’s banking association, but has yet to send a formal,