By Veena Trehan | The refugee crisis is an opportunity to support the stateless and set up the necessary infrastructure in a world of unprecedented climate challenges. We turn our attention to Europe, compelled by shocking images of refugees’ deaths. To the stories of the stateless having identification numbers written on them and told their trains are headed to safety, rather than camps.
By Nailene Chou Wiest via Caixin | When the authorities scapegoat a journalist because he wrote a story without official permission, they scare anyone who wants to perform policy-related reporting.
Cheaper oil and electricity pushed prices down by 0.3% in August compared to the previous month. In year-on-year terms, prices dropped by 5 basis points or 0.4%.
By Peter Lundgreen via Caixin | The turmoil on world financial markets has more to do with global changes that need to be noted than recent volatility in China’s stock exchange.
BBVA Research maintains its assessment on the recovery of activity in 2015, with expected growth of 3.2%, slowing to 2.7% in 2016.
By Damian Mac Con Uladh via MacroPolis | Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
Investors seem to be leaving aside the so-called safe haven of German bonds, the European benchmark
UBS | Monetary policy remains stimulative globally, and labor markets are tightening. Yet, global inflation is low.
As institutional investors embrace computer programs that rapidly place orders, the government tries to figure out how to regulate the practice.