India shows neighbours the way out of tax trap
Narendra Modi’s occasionally fumbled attempts at economic reform have achieved one major success: for the first time in its post-independence history, India appears to be...
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UK rates on hold as the recovery weakens
May 6, 2018 Print this page It is not often that predictions of a central bank decision on interest rates change quite so dramatically within...
Why Argentina Struggles to Become a ‘Normal Country’
Encouraged by President Mauricio Macri’s credentials as an economic reformer, many had hoped Argentina would turn the page on its costly history of economic mismanagement...
Stormy weather hits emerging markets
May 6, 2018 Print this page As Warren Buffett says, “You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out.” For the emerging economies,...
Softening global growth marks a return to trend
A few weeks ago, the Fulcrum nowcasts identified a sudden slowdown in economic activity in the eurozone, Japan and the UK. At the time, the...
The threat of secular stagnation has not gone away
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Emerging market investors braced for turbulence
Emerging markets investors are braced for turbulence in the coming days following last week’s sharp currencies sell-off that led to drastic measures by Argentina’s central...
Emerging economies tipped to weather market turmoil
Oil prices and the dollar are stronger. US Treasury yields are rising in anticipation of fiscal expansion and monetary tightening. Global debt has ballooned during...
Apple supplier raises fears over US-China trade spat
One of the biggest suppliers of iPhone components has warned that the US-China trade dispute may upset the Apple supply chain. “It is a new...
the Chinese Communist party reasserts control
The neat, three-storey bourgeois house in which Frau Henriette Pressburg Marx gave birth to her son Karl in the German city of Trier has stood...
Refugee camps are an untapped opportunity for private sector
Refugee camps are a major untapped opportunity for private sector investment, particularly when combined with the local host community, the UN and International Finance Corporation...
HKMA warns of ‘possible volatility’ in local interest rates
Emma Dunkley in Hong Kong May 3, 2018 Print this page The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has urged the public to “prepare for possible volatility...
US asks China to cut trade deficit by $200bn
US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin (centre) and US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (second from right) walk through a hotel lobby as they head to Diaoyutai...
Bitcoin Price | Breaches Narrow Trading Range, is Close to Hitting $10K
Bitcoin price (BTC) is extending the bull-run today and bulls are enthusiastic to breach the $10K mark sooner than later. The fresh wave of optimism...
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