(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will be the last of the major central banks to hold a policy meeting this year, and policy-makers in emerging economies .
Temperatures hovering near zero in coming days will test the resilience of France’s power network, even as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French not to panic amid warnings of possible blackouts.French utility EDF saw its electricity output drop to a 30-year low earlier in 2022 due to a record number of nuclear reactor outages arising
French power prices for next week, when temperatures will fall below zero, were trading more than 5% higher than Tuesday's 500 euros/megawatt hour MWh), indicating the market expects supplies to tighten further. Nonetheless, nuclear power availability was improving, Rystad Energy analysts said.
President Emmanuel Macron said it was “absurd” to worry that power blackouts would cripple infrastructure in France this winter and insisted the country