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Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world

China has tried to control COVID spread through lockdowns and quarantines rather than mass vaccination

That approach has confined many of Shanghai's 25 million residents to their apartments for more than a month and they've become increasingly

Restive and vocal

And few politicians are remembered with as much affection and respect as Nelson Mandela South Africa's first democratically elected leader

But who do his name and legacy belong to and should they be used to make money?

First up though

The United States Central Bank the Federal Reserve has faced widespread criticism for letting inflation get out of control

In America consumer prices rose by 8.5% in March compared with a year earlier a four-decade high

The chairman of the Fed Jerome Powell had said the bank was committed to bringing the inflation rate back down to a target of 2%

Yesterday we saw the strength of that commitment

So the Fed announced that it's increasing interest rates by half percentage point

It's the first time that has done a rate increase of this size since the year 2000 Simon Rebinevich is our U.S. economic

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