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Avon Lake Public Library’s extensive space displays and reading material reflect the Apollo 11 excitement

Cleveland 22 Jul 2019

The hunt, as well as the displays and decorations, are a tie-in to the Apollo 11-focused theme for the summer reading program that continues on until August 3 ... space program heading back to the moon and then on to Mars....

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We went to the moon. Why can’t we solve climate change?

Indian Express 20 Jul 2019

Logsdon, historian of the space program and founder of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University ... In the case of the space program, the stimulus was the first human spaceflight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, which filled Americans with dread of losing the space race....

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Academia Sinica lowers GDP forecast

Taipei Times 19 Jul 2019

The forecast made Academia Sinica the most pessimistic among all domestic research institutes ... The situation might improve in the second half, as the government has introduced subsidies and other stimulus programs and the high-sales season is arriving, the institute said ... ....

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Stocks fall on trade, earnings caution; oil drops

Canada Dot Com 18 Jul 2019

Officials of the U.S ... Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC ... But the Euro STOXX 600 managed to erase some of its earlier losses in the wake of a Bloomberg News report that European Central Bank staff are studying a potential revamp of the bank’s near 2% inflation goal, which could prolong its stimulus program more than currently expected....

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Why Greece is selling new bonds at ‘risk-free’ levels akin to U.S. Treasurys

Market Watch 16 Jul 2019

The prospect of additional stimulus from the European Central Bank, including a possible resumption of its asset-buying program, has also provided a de facto backstop to government bonds issued in the eurozone ... in an ECB QE program may be feasible soon, according to Bloomberg....

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FOREX-Australian dollar strengthens on encouraging Chinese data

This is Money 15 Jul 2019

By Tom Westbrook ... The Aussie gained against the U.S. dollar, which advanced against the safe-haven yen and the Swiss franc ... Ray Attrill, head of forex strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney, said Monday's figures, on the back of credit data on Friday, showed China's stimulus program is gaining traction ... it seems to need a lot of steel... The U.S....

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Australian dollar strengthens on encouraging Chinese data

Business Line 15 Jul 2019

The Aussie gained against the US dollar, which advanced against the safe-haven yen and the Swiss franc ... Ray Attrill, head of forex strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney, said Monday's figures, on the back of credit data on Friday, showed China's stimulus program is gaining traction. “There are signs it is starting to work,” he said ... .......

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Japan's June core inflation seen near 2-year low, exports slip

Canada Dot Com 12 Jul 2019

TOKYO — Japan’s core consumer inflation in June likely slowed to its weakest in nearly two years and exports fell for a seventh straight month, a Reuters poll showed, keeping the central bank under pressure to expand its stimulus program ... bank’s stimulus steps....

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How to Pay for Major Progressive Programs: Add New Money to the System

truthout 12 Jul 2019

... coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class ... In Japan, the massive stimulus programs called “Abenomics” have been funded through its central bank ... Abe’s stimulus programs have not driven up prices....

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Japan's REIT prices hit 12-year high amid global scramble for yield

Canada Dot Com 12 Jul 2019

It has surged 12.5% so far this year, more than double the 5.5% gains in the Topix stock index ... There are no major sellers,” said Sumitomo Mitsui’s Akiyama ... Many investors also think the market will find support from the Bank of Japan, which has pledged to buy 90 billion yen ($831 million) worth J-REITs a year under its stimulus program....

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Japan's polarized stock market leaves few options for investors

Canada Dot Com 12 Jul 2019

The Nikkei share average has been stuck in a narrow trading range for months but, behind the lull in activity, a major polarization is taking place, analysts say ... It has a PBR of 6.1 ... The few buyers are companies buying back their shares and the Bank of Japan, which plans to buy about 6 trillion yen of shares a year as part of a stimulus program....

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How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed

Dissident Voice 10 Jul 2019

The problem, as Stuart Varney observed on FOX Business, was that no one had a viable way to pay for it all without raising taxes or taking from other programs, a hard sell to voters ... In Japan, the massive stimulus programs called “Abenomics” have been funded through its central bank ... Abe’s stimulus programs have not driven up prices....

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What Christine Lagarde's ECB nomination means for Italy: PIIE

CNBC 09 Jul 2019

ECB presidential nominee Christine Lagarde will continue the path of current president, Mario Draghi, and launch another stimulus program, and that's what matters for the Italian economy, says Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics ... ....