Shipping rates ease, but insurers keep war-risk premia at summer highs
Spot prices for containers out of East Asia slipped for a third week, yet the cost of covering a voyage through contested waters has barely moved.
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Central bank holds rates, warns housing still “too easy to overheat”
Policymakers left the policy rate unchanged and pointed to mortgage demand, not factories, as the risk they are watching into the new year.
Supermarket chains test “quiet hours” pricing to flatten the 6 p.m. crush
Three retailers will cut a slice of basket prices between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekdays, hoping to move shoppers who can move — and keep evening staff.