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ECB speeches and interviews move markets as much as policy decisions, study finds

Markets react not only to ECB policy decisions but also to policymaker speeches and interviews, whose cumulative impact can rival formal announcements, new research finds. Speeches and interviews by European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers can move markets as much as formal monetary policy announcements, according to an ECB study published on Thursday. The research, by economists Klodiana Istrefi, Florens Odendahl and Giulia Sestrieri, found that markets respond not only to the ECB's...

Trump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaigns

David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career. Democracy Dies in Darkness Exclusive Trump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaigns Congressional hopeful David Flippo said his staff made a mistake in an announcement video for an earlier campaign. It was repeated in fundraising solicitations this year.

Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks | Nils Pratley

Group shrinks ambitions from 20,000 to just 12,000 homes a year in an attempt to balance the booksThe entire housebuilding sector is in a funk, grumbling about energy prices, the cost of labour, regulation, planning delays, taxes and more, but few have messed up a bad hand quite like Vistry. Three years ago this mashup of the Bovis, Linden and Countryside brands aspired to build 20,000 houses a year, and made itself the darling of the incoming Labour government by betting big on “affordable...