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Markup matters: monetary policy works through aspirations

BankUnderground

In our recently published Staff Working Paper , we ask how monetary policy should be conducted amid, what has been referred to as, a ‘battle of the markups’. We find that countercyclicality in aspired price markups (‘sellers’ inflation’) calls for more dovish monetary policy.

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Coronavirus Refunds: Live Nation Revises Refund Policy; Emirates Boosts Reimbursement Capacity

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Live Nation Entertainment adjusted its refund rules following weeks of complaints that the firm and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, were not giving back funds that concertgoers had spent on events pushed back because of COVID-19, The New York Times reported. Concert Tickets . Automatic reimbursements will come for events that are canceled.

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Consumer group pushes for stricter EWA protections

Payments Dive

In a recent web post, the National Consumer Law Center issued a number of policy recommendations for states seeking to regulate earned wage access companies.

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The EU’s policy on FinTech competition is …

Chris Skinner

Also released last week, the EU document has a different focus to the US one, which allowed national FinTech charter bank licenses to be … The post The EU’s policy on FinTech competition is … appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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TikTok?s Data Privacy Policies Draw Eyes Of EU Authorities

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TikTok , the popular Chinese short-form mobile video app, is facing more scrutiny over its privacy policies, Bloomberg reported. Last month, the data-protection commission in the Netherlands opened an investigation into TikTok’s policies to protect children’s data, noting the app is popular with Dutch youth, Bloomberg reported.

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Bitcoin Daily: Gemini Exchange Joins Silvergate Exchange Network; UK’s National Liberal Party Reveals Crypto Policy

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And the United Kingdom’s National Liberal Party (NLP) has posted what it believes is the only coherent policy regarding cryptocurrencies. The current policy is a non-policy. The sheer volume of transactions makes this a national security threat,” the party wrote in a post on its website.

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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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