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China
China should quickly get out of its huge US trade problem
CNBC - Dr. Michael Ivanovitch
Beijing's incantations about "win-win cooperation" and its alleged search of a harmonious "great power relationship" ring hollow when confronted with …
Bloomberg
Yellow Vests Movement
France’s Message for Capitalism Is Quite Simple: Adapt or Die
Bloomberg - William Horobin
Follow the latest global economic news and analysis @economics. France is sounding an alarm for the world’s advanced economies: capitalism is tearing …
Sean Sadleradded this to Brexit
Boris Johnson
Brexit is only the glorious new beginning | Financial Times
ft.com
As the UK heads towards a glorious re-establishment of its sovereignty through a hard Brexit, it is now time to consider its exit from other …
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Autos (Canada)
Lorraine Complains: We can learn a few things from Egypt’s new-car boycott
driving.ca - Lorraine Sommerfeld
Consumers will always have the final say on whether a particular vehicle is successful or not. Ford Pintos disappeared as their sales, literally, …
Imran Khan
Imran Khan’s opportunity to create a Naya Pakistan
hindustantimes.com - HGS Dhaliwal
Imran Khan has shown an ability to adapt as a politician. But it will be his actions that will define Pakistan’s destiny. The Battle of Balakot on May …
Reuters
Deutsche Bank
EXPLAINER-Why Germany wants a merger to underpin Deutsche Bank
Reuters - Tom Sims
(Updates with confirmation of merger talks) By Tom Sims and John O’Donnell FRANKFURT, March 17 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank confirmed on Sunday they were in talks about a merger, prompting
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Business (India)
Award for The Hindu Group CFO Nambi Rajan
thehindubusinessline.com - Our Bureau
Nambi Rajan, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary, The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt Ltd, has once again made it to the Roll of Honour …
Reutersadded this to Business
Business
Bailed-out Bahrain has little room for maneuver in economy reboot
Reuters - By Davide Barbuscia and Lisa Barrington
MANAMA (Reuters) - As the weekend kicks off in Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti cars jam the capital's roads and hotel lobbies fill with visitors looking for bars, restaurants and other night-time entertainment.
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Markets
Emerging-Market Bonds Picking Up Steam
newsmax.com - Netty Ismail and Lilian Karunungan
The pieces are falling into place for a rally in emerging-market debt. After trailing behind equities this year, bonds are gaining momentum. The …
UNDP
Government of Ghana and UNDP Hold Investment Forum at Africa Climate Week | UNDP in Ghana
undp.org - www.gh.undp.org
The Government of Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will host an Investment Forum on Ghana’s Nationally Determined …
Seeking Alpha
Business
Why We Think Pre-Election Concerns Belie India's Long-Term Promise
Seeking Alpha - Franklin Templeton Investments
By Sukumar Rajah, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity As India gears up for a …
The Globe and Mail
Interest Rates
Why household overspending is worse than the federal deficit
The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick
Just in time for the season of federal and provincial budgets comes a new line of thinking that deficits aren’t so bad after all. Government deficits, that is. Households that spend more than they earn
Reuters
Buenos Aires
RPT-Chinese delegation to visit Argentina to discuss stalled nuclear deal -gov't source
Reuters - Cassandra Garrison
(Repeats story from Friday with no changes to headline or text) By Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES, March 15 (Reuters) - A delegation from China will visit Argentina this month to discuss the construction
Greece
Creditors to insist on residence protection system improvement
ekathimerini.com - Eirini Chrysolora
Greece’s creditors, and the European Central Bank (ECB) in particular, are determined to force Athens to improve the new framework for protecting …
Business (Malaysia)
Do not rule out a rate cut by Bank Negara
theedgemarkets.com - www.theedgemarkets.com
KUALA LUMPUR: While they are maintaining the view that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is unlikely to cut the interest rate in 2019, economists are not …
Italy
Italy’s threat to the global economy
aei.org - www.aei.org
Something is going very wrong with the Italian economy, the Eurozone’s third-largest economy and the world’s third-largest sovereign bond …
Willem Labuschagneadded this to South Africa Huh
South Africa
South Africa’s poor education system partly to blame for low economic growth: IMF
businesstech.co.za - Staff Writer
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a new paper looking at South Africa’s education system. It found that while South Africa has made …
Jonathon Starradded this to Games
Venezuela
Who is to blame for Venezuela’s problems? – Part 2: the case against Nicolás Maduro
breakingbelizenews.com - BBN Staff
Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019. 6:50 p.m. CST.By Aaron Humes: As the fight for power in the South American country of Venezuela continues, Breaking …
World Economic Forum
The Global Competitiveness Report 2018 - Reports - World Economic Forum
weforum.org - reports.weforum.org
This Appendix presents the methodology and detailed structure of the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 (Section A); provides information about each of …
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Pakistan
Turn the IMF screw to get debt-ridden Pakistan to act against terrorism
theprint.in - Brahma Chellaney
Text Size:A-A+ The subcontinent’s military crisis is anything but over. Pakistan’s military generals fear another surprise Indian strike, which …
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Business
Argentina's Peso, Nothing But Trouble
Forbes - Steve Hanke
This week, Argentina released its February inflation statistics. Inflation spiked, again. Indeed, the official annual inflation rate jumped to 51.3%/yr. While this spike caught most observers off balance,
Bloombergadded this to Politics
International Criminal Court
Kenya Graft Probe of Treasury Head Highlights Power Struggle
Bloomberg - Eric Ombok, David Herbling
A Kenyan inquiry into dam construction projects worth $650 million has placed Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich at the center of a power struggle, with …
Foreign Aid
Billions of pounds at risk of being 'wasted' in foreign aid and measures needed to prevent misspend, report warns
thesun.co.uk - By Ryan Sabey, Political Correspondent
BILLIONS of pounds in foreign aid cash are at risk of being squandered, a report has said. New measures are needed to prevent government departments …
Peter Thiel
Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy
project-syndicate.org - Joseph E. Stiglitz
NEW YORK – The world’s advanced economies are suffering from a number of deep-seated problems. In the United States, in particular, inequality is at …
Uganda
Access to affordable, equitable healthcare key to achieving SDGs
monitor.co.ug - By Labila Sumayah Musoke
Following the recent commemoration of the International Women’s Day, it appears appropriate to examine whether Uganda’s health financing system …
Reuters Canadaadded this to Top News
Venezuela
Latam lender replaces Venezuela's Maduro representative with Guaido economist
Reuters Canada - By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Inter-American Development Bank on Friday voted to replace the representative of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with an economist backed by opposition leader Juan Guaido,
Forbesadded this to Technology
Donald Trump
Fact-Checking Trump's Recent Economic Tweets
Forbes - Chuck Jones
As he does almost daily, President Trump sent out a number of tweets recently. Two of them contain assertions about the economy that need fact-checking and being put in context, similar to fact-checking
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a point about the 'trifecta of inequality': El-Erian
yahoo.com - Max Zahn with Andy Serwer
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right about the negative effects of inequality but wrong when she says a society with …
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Market Trends
Bitcoin Up 3% as Crypto Adds $10 Billion in 1 Week: Can the Rally Continue?
ccn.com - Joseph Young
Overnight, the bitcoin price surged 3 percent against the U.S. dollar above the $4,000 mark as major crypto assets in the likes of ethereum, …
The New York Timesadded this to World
World News
He Played a President on Ukrainian TV. Now He Wants the Real Thing.
The New York Times - By ANDREW E. KRAMER
KIEV, Ukraine — Before he decided to run for the presidency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky played a president in a television series called “Servant of the People,” about a schoolteacher whose speech corruption