China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most aggressive efforts so far to eradicate key overseas technology from within its most sensitive organs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/china-orders-government-state-firms-to-dump-foreign-pcs ​ Staff were asked after the week-long May break to turn in foreign PCs for local alternatives that run on operating software developed domestically, people familiar with the plan said. The exercise, which was mandated by central government authorities, …

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Central banks, trying to fight inflation…

https://t.co/bgkZCQ4ZnT — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) February 16, 2022 #UK #electricity capacity auction clears at highest ever price https://t.co/2VfuNv8HZj pic.twitter.com/IrcjIO98AN — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) February 16, 2022 https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1493964158215368709 Another sign inflation is getting hotter: US retail sales rebounded by more than …

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Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve. Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.

Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve.Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.By @elerianm https://t.co/5ra5cAm2hR — Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) February 7, 2022 "Negative interest rates are hugely unpopular…Some ECB policy makers …

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