Over the wall 📶
The opening: Reportedly Jeffrey Soffer will open Fontainebleau Las Vegas in December 2023.
Previous health stat: The percentage of preterm births in the US rose 4% in 2021.
Crime at home: Justin Trudeau claims agents from India were behind the killing of a prominent Sikh leader in British Columbia.
Count it: Leaders from firms such as BlackRock and S&P 500 have used the word “geopolitics” almost 12,000 times in 2023.
The stunt: Vietnam will struggle to hit the year’s growth target of 6.5% (2023).
Rotten to core: Stabilizing Nigeria’s currency and rooting out corruption are among the top reform priorities the US sees as needed to see growth in Africa’s biggest economy.
Interest rate king: The European Central Bank will keep interest rates at 4% for as long as needed to tame inflation according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.
Thin ice: An expected increase in UK inflation is making the Bank of England’s decision on when to pause rate hikes even harder.
Net worth: Reportedly only about 4 to 5 percent of the Chinese urban population have incomes greater than the US median based on PPP (2023).
Halting: China’s Ant Group will pull out of a $100 million A&T Capital fund in a retreat from crypto assets.
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