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The UN's 2024 report projects world population to be 8.1 billion in 2024, about 9.6 billion in 2050, and about 10.2 billion in 2100. The following table shows the largest 15 countries by population as of 2024, 2050 and 2100 to show how the rankings will change between now and the end of this century. [39]
Some predictions show surface water supply could decrease by 60% by the year 2070 in parts of the Western Cape. [157] The South African government planned to spend R69 billion on water infrastructure between 2008 and 2015. [158] This involves building new dams and ancillary infrastructure, and repairing existing infrastructure. [158]
Economic forecasting is the process of making predictions about the economy. Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregation—for example for GDP, inflation, unemployment or the fiscal deficit—or at a more disaggregated level, for specific sectors of the economy or even specific firms.
The IMM dates are the four quarterly dates of each year which certain money market and Foreign Exchange futures contracts and option contracts use as their scheduled maturity date or termination date.
Horizon - the date on which the trade originates (usually today) Spot - the date on which the initial transfer of funds takes place; Expiry - the date on which the instrument expires; Delivery - the date on which the final transfer of funds generated from the maturity of the instrument takes place; These dates can be summarised on the following ...
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
A host of local and international events influenced the currency after that, most notably the 1994 general election, which had it weaken to over R3.60 to the dollar, the election of Tito Mboweni as the governor of the South African Reserve Bank, and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki in 1999, which had it quickly slide to over R6 to the ...
September 2024 Lebanon strikes Israel carries out several airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut , Lebanon , killing six people, injuring about a hundred and destroying six buildings. These also targeted Hezbollah 's central headquarters to assassinate its leader, Hassan Nasrallah .