Plus, empowering women-owned businesses in Africa, and the “digitally invisible” in the age of AI.
| The US Federal Reserve and interest rates In 2012, the Federal Reserve began publishing what has become known as “the dot plot” in its Summary of Economic Projections. The dots show the path of short-term interest rates that each of the 19 members of the Federal Open Market Committee deems appropriate for the next few years. Though this method proved to be an effective tool of guidance in the past, it does have its shortcomings. David Wessel examines a different path the Fed could take. |
Podcasts to catch up on Empowering women-owned businesses in Africa. Many African countries fail to address the impediments women-owned businesses face when trying to engage in public procurement activities. On a new episode of Foresight Africa, Landry Signé and Sope Williams discuss these barriers and how to design a procurement system that allows women to participate fully. “Digitally invisible” in the AI age. The term “digital divide” has been used to describe the gap between people who have access to modern technology and people who don’t—but Nicol Turner Lee wants to rethink this framing. She joins Steven Overly on POLITICO Tech to explain why and talk about her new book. |
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