Economy

Managing the Risks of a Rising Dollar

2018-05-15

Some may view the US dollar’s appreciation as consistent with a longer-term rebalancing of the global economy. But, as Argentina’s recent request for IMF financing starkly demonstrates

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Mullahs rig the price of moolah in Iran

2018-04-21

Iran looks ascendant in the Middle East, but its regime is messing up its own economy

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What is sustainable finance?

2018-04-19

Environmental, social and governance issues are now a major factor in investment

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An Infrastructure Plan That Would Actually Work

2018-04-02

US President Donald Trumps plan to boost infrastructure spending through tax credits has received a cool reception from investors

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A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance

2018-03-11

The recent corporate-tax cuts in the United States have intensified an ongoing global race to the bottom

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Improving the Sustainability of Development Finance

2018-03-09

Trillions of dollars will be needed to fund the world s human development goals, and domestic banking sectors in rich and poor countries will be part of the solution

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What Is A Stock Market Correction?

2018-02-12

Here is what you need to know

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What fuel, bread and water reveal about how Egypt is mismanaged

2018-02-10

The price is wrong, Egyptians are addicted to subsidies that make them poorer

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Why Low Inflation Is No Surprise

2018-01-06

Inflation has remained stubbornly low across the global North has come as a surprise to many economic observers

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Is Bitcoin the Most Obvious Bubble Ever?

2017-12-11

The cryptocurrency is almost certainly due for a major correction. But its long-term value remains a mystery

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Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough

2017-10-28

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did

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The Economic Case Against an Independent Kurdistan

2017-09-27

The costs will be large and exacting

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The “free” economy comes at a cost

2017-08-28

But economists struggle to work out how much

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The Economic Role of the State According to Imam Shirazi Thoughts

2017-08-08

Individuals have the right and the freedom to own whatever they like of production means

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Monetary policy and Iraqi oil economic challenges

2017-08-05

It is believed that the monetary policy has a pivotal role in making the Iraqi economy avoid this part of the crisis

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Could the Iranian Economy Sink Rouhani?

2017-05-18

Iran was suffering from 35% inflation, the national currency had depreciated by two-thirds in the previous year, and international sanctions were crippling the economy

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Leaked Records Show Shell’s Complicity in Massive Oil Corruption Scandal

2017-04-14

Subsequent conversation sheds light on Shell’s complicity in one of the largest corruption scandals in Big Oil’s history

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The world economy is picking up

2017-03-20

Despite anxieties, the green shoots of global recovery are real

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America’s Confidence Economy

2017-03-20

The surge in business and consumer sentiment reflects an assumption that is deeply rooted in the American psyche

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