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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.
AI COVID 19

World economy 17th May 2020

How AI Is Being Used To Tackle Covid-19

Chris Gannatti (WisdomTree) |Artificial Intelligence (AI) is proliferating more widely than ever before, having the potential to influence many aspects of daily life. Crisis periods, like we have seen with the Covid-19 pandemic, are often catalysts for the deployment of new innovations and technologies more quickly. The power of AI is being harnessed to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, whether that be to better understand the rate of infection or by tracing and quickly identifying infections.

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World economy 16th May 2020

Outlook For The Green Bond Market Looks Promising: €50 Bn Issued Since The Beginning Of The Year

Johann Plé ( AXA IM) | With almost €50 billion in green bond issues since the beginning of the year, the volume remains high. This can be explained by the balanced composition of the universe (50% credit and 50% sovereign and equivalent), which ensures continuity of supply whatever the context. Quasi-sovereign debt issues have thus taken over from the credit segment, whose issues have been bracketed in a particularly risk-averse environment.

GRÁFICO DEFINITIVO. Vidas vs Economía

World economy 15th May 2020

This Graphic Speaks Volumes

Do we save lives or do we save the economy? This is a false dilemma, according to Luis Huete, a lecturer at IESE Business School. The most successful countries at dealing with this health crisis are also the ones in the best position to restart their economies. And vice versa. This graphic speaks volumes.

Andrea Enria

European economy 15th May 2020

Banks Should Keep Every Euro Of Capital To Absorb Losses And Continue To Provide Credit To The Economy, Says ECB’s Enria

Andrea Enria, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Supervisory Board, said in an interview that he expects banks to keep back over $27 billion of the $35 billion they planned to distribute in dividends as capital on their balance sheets. In addition to this, Enria said the institutions have also cancelled their current and planned share buy-back programmes

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Spanish economy 14th May 2020

Unidas Podemos Proposes A Tax On Large Fortunes In Spain

Bankinter | Unidas Podemos, the party which forms the government coalition in Spain together with the socialists, has proposed the introduction of a progressive tax to replace the Wealth Tax. In the tax calculations, a person’s primary residence would be exempt up to an amount of 400.000 euros. For the time being, this is only a proposal that will be taken to the Commission for Economic and Social Reconstruction in Congress for debate.