Tango Time For The US And India
Atul Singh | After decades of frostiness, the world’s two biggest democracies are drawing closer. Ties between Silicon Valley and Bengaluru, Hollywood and Bollywood, MIT and IIT run deep.
World economy
“Oil Producing Countries Should Diversify Their Production Framework”
After the IMF warned about the structural reasons behind the emerging economies’ slowdown, José Luis Herrera, Spanish analyst at CMC Markets, talks about possibles solutions for commodities’ producers.
Adjusting China’s Growth Path
Yukon Huang via Caixin| The prolonged slowdown in China’s economy has generated a fierce debate about whether the country needs a new “growth model.” All economies, however, are guided by the same growth model developed decades ago by Nobel Prize winner Robert Solow: growth of investment and labor along with productivity.
The Fed Cannot Bury Something That Never Existed
What really shocked the markets was not the Fed’s decision to maintain zero interest rates for a few more months, but the statement that accompanied it.
How the US Interest Rate Might Affect You
With all the talk of an imminent interest rate hike, there are likely to be winners and losers.
The Japan Story: A Lesson For Central Bankers Everywhere
It is a simple story of failure, but one that fits the facts. It´s also based on a simple premise: An inflation obsession that took hold in 1974.
Large Spanish Companies’ Electricity Consumption Grows
Electricity consumption by large and medium-sized companies grew by 2.5% in August from a year earlier.
Abenomics Trades: The Beginning Of The End, Or The End Of The Beginning?
BARCLAYS | Japan’s Recession probability are high GDP growth in Q3 15 will have crucial implications in gauging the economic and policy outlook for the near future.
Challenges and solutions to avoid a global pensions’ crisis
A group of top international experts recently gathered in Madrid to analyse a problem politicians do not want to talk about as they are afraid of losing votes: are we facing a global pensions’ crisis.
Iceland’s recovery: myths and reality (or sound basics, decent policies, luck and no miracle)
Icelandic authorities ignored warnings before October 2008 on the expanded banking system threatening financial stability but the shock of 90% of the financial system collapsing focused minds.