The Instagram age has given rise to a new class — the “influencers”, who persuade their followers to buy and think in certain ways. But the biggest influencer of the lot is Facebook, says the Financial Times' Gideon Rachman.
Mario Draghi leaves the European Central Bank at the end of the month, and that may give opponents of his ultra-easy monetary policy a chance to shift the tone of the debate at the top of the institution.
Indonesia sold US$3 billion from global Islamic bonds, including 30-year green sukuk, at record-low yields amid the needs to raise funds to handle the coronavirus pandemic, a senior official at the finance ministry said on Thursday.
