US financial conditions are near the most accommodative on record even with a more hawkish Fed
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US financial conditions are near the most accommodative on record even as the Federal Reserve has begun stepping up its exit from coronavirus crisis-era stimulus measures, and soaring US stock markets are masking a strong tide that is pulling down the share prices of hundreds of companies, and the FT’s European technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia, discusses science fiction’s influence on technology and social attitudes towards technology, particularly artificial intelligence.
US financial conditions remain easy even as Fed pulls back on stimulus
https://www.ft.com/content/2c73b1f4-b8c1-415b-8df0-237eff180cb0
US stock market advance masks treacherous undercurrents
https://www.ft.com/content/d248d1af-261e-47c8-9a5f-0d264cb9f83b
Into the metaverse: how sci-fi shapes our attitudes to the future
https://www.ft.com/content/2f35be37-9da8-4cf6-89b2-8488b36c5a63
$10bn James Webb Space Telescope scheduled for Christmas Day launch
https://www.ft.com/content/ebc84a97-961a-4ac0-bba1-678580d11a71
The clips from the Metaverse story were from the 1984 movie The Terminator, the 1968 movie called 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the Japanese cartoon Astro Boy.
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