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Saturday 18/August/2018 14:40 PM

Trump’s botched Turkey policy

The crisis between the United States and Turkey, a NATO ally and traditional bulwark of American policy in the Middle East, is serious. While the...

Wednesday 15/August/2018 15:19 PM

Why the Bank of England should target growth

The Bank of England raised interest rates to 0.75 per cent this month, in the belief that inflation will exceed its mandated 2 per cent target in about two...

Wednesday 15/August/2018 14:18 PM

The Turkish emerging market timebomb

Turkey’s falling currency and deteriorating financial conditions lend credence, at least for some people, to the notion that “a crisis is a terrible...

Wednesday 15/August/2018 14:16 PM

Globalization with Chinese characteristics

US President Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism represents nothing less than abdication of global economic and political leadership. Trump’s...

Wednesday 15/August/2018 14:14 PM

Is ethnic cleansing coming to India?

Seventy-one years after the partition of India, and 47 years after the former East Pakistan became Bangladesh, one of the legacies of the messy division of...

Wednesday 15/August/2018 14:10 PM

Global economic outlook is darkening

Cyclical indicators point to slower and more uneven growth in the global economy for the rest of this year and into 2019, which means the rise in oil...