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Asia’s small open economies may suffer in America’s trade war

CHINA is the stated adversary in Donald Trump’s incipient trade war. But 30% of the value of the goods China exports to America is added elsewhere. If the row escalates, countries entwined in Chinese…
- 29. 3. 2018
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The average American is much better off now than four decades ago

JUST how bad have the past four decades been for ordinary Americans? One much-cited figure suggests they have been pretty bad. The Census Bureau estimates that for the median household, halfway along…
- 29. 3. 2018
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Wakandanomics

“THIS will require a quick lesson in global economics…bear with me,” says Erik Killmonger, the muscular villain in “Black Panther”, a long-running Marvel Comics series. In that saga and the recent…
- 29. 3. 2018
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Wall Street looks overvalued

FEW measures of stockmarket valuation are as controversial as the cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio, or CAPE. American equities have looked expensive on this measure for most of the past 20…
- 24. 3. 2018
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Can’t hardly wait

LIKE teenagers, central bankers long to feel normal. For many of them (the central bankers, that is), the past decade has been an unusually angst-ridden one. They stumbled through it, confused by the…
- 24. 3. 2018
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Europeans fret that Chinese investment is a security risk

“WE ARE not naive free traders. Europe must always defend its strategic interests,” said Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, last year as he introduced plans to screen…
- 23. 3. 2018
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Why tariffs on steel and aluminium are easier said than done

HISTORY will rhyme on March 23rd, when Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports are due to come into force. Several previous presidents, from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama, also used…
- 23. 3. 2018
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Do credit booms foretell emerging-market crises?

ON THE morning of December 7th 1941, George Elliott Junior noticed “the largest blip” he had ever seen on a radar near America’s naval base at Pearl Harbour. His discovery was dismissed by his…
- 17. 3. 2018
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America’s public markets are perking up. Can it last?

FOR years, discussions of America’s public markets have usually featured a lament for their dwindling appeal. According to Jay Ritter of the University of Florida, the number of publicly listed…
- 17. 3. 2018
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Mining data on cab rides to show how business information flows

AS COMPUTING power has grown, it has become easier to uncover information hidden inside datasets that seem totally unconnected. Some recent studies have used this approach to reveal business-related…
- 9. 3. 2018
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Active fund managers hold fewer and fewer stocks

THE past decade has been tough for conventional “active” fund managers, who try to pick stocks that beat the market. They have been losing business to “passive” funds—those that try to replicate a…
- 9. 3. 2018
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A history of the Trump slump

LOOKING back from the vantage point of 2025*, economic historians are starting to write their analyses of the Trump slump. It seemed to appear from nowhere with the economy growing at around the…
- 3. 3. 2018
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New research suggests the dollar’s level drives world trade

AGUS SACCHAL sells sheets and blankets from a warehouse in Buenos Aires, for which he is paid in Argentine pesos. While the pesos go into his wallet, two other banknotes are stuck to his office…
- 2. 3. 2018
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Capital is on its way to America, but for bad reasons

ACCORDING to President Donald Trump, money is pouring into America from abroad. The tax reform he signed into law in December means American firms can no longer defer paying taxes on profits left…
- 2. 3. 2018
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Akciové indexy Dow Jones a S&P 500 si připsaly přes 4 procenta

New York 4. března (ČTK) - Americké akcie dnes prudce posílily a indexy Dow Jones a S&P 500 si připsaly přes čtyři procenta. Těžily z ú…

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Why a Labour government might mean a fall in sterling

THE British Labour Party is in buoyant mood at its annual conference, expecting to be in power very soon. And it has already started to think about the consequences, including a possible run on the…

28. 9. 2017

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The markets still have plenty to fret about

BULL markets always climb a wall of worry, or so the saying goes. For much of 2017, the main concerns were political and the markets seemed to surmount them as easily as a robot dog opens doors (the…

17. 2. 2018

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