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US Federal Reserve set to cut interest rates as Trump prepares for second term

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce a quarter point cut to its key lending rate on Wednesday…

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Macroscope | Could Trump be a catalyst for the reforms China and Germany need?

There is still over a month before US president-elect Donald Trump moves back into the White House and supposedly makes…

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Opinion | If China wants to beat Trump’s tariffs, change must come from within

The re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency could further strain an already tense Sino-US relationship. It was the…

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Opinion | South Korea, Australia show rate cuts are no cure-all for property markets

In South Korea, for example, the mere expectation that borrowing costs will soon be reduced has contributed to a sharp…

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Opinion | US protectionist craze hasn’t done its economy any favours

Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a…

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China inflation surprise ‘not a recovery in final demand’: 4 takeaways from July’s data

The overall CPI reading beat the expected 0.29 per cent growth projected by economists polled by Chinese financial data provider…

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Sovereign investors look to emerging markets as geopolitical tensions rise, says study

“Longer-term risks [geopolitical tension] have become more salient as inflation has fallen back towards central bank targets,” said Martin Franc,…

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Opinion | US must ground its economic policy in reality, sooner rather than later

This is not a narrative that the Biden administration will be anxious to have broadcast in the run-up to the…

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Pakistan budget to significantly reduce government debt, rating agency Fitch predicts

Fitch forecasts Pakistan’s FY25 budget to significantly reduce government debt, which is projected to decline to 68% of GDP by…

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